CHARNWOOD ARTS

Registered charity 1143163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To foster and promote knowledge, improvement, understanding and appreciation of the arts and education in the arts amongthe people of Charnwood, the East Midlands Region and nationally and internationally as the trustees decide.

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Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£185k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £93,043, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operation. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £40,890 for the year, primarily due to charitable activity expenditure exceeding incoming resources, but maintains a strong cash position of £154,430.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' operation (held: £93k)

“Our aim is to hold reserves which will minimally allow for three months’ operation should all other sources of funding be unavailable.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Charnwood Arts (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/04/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Payal Walkerchair
Alice Bucklow
John Dimmick
Lucy Bartram
Peter Butlin

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£186k	£185k
31/03/2024	£209k	£238k
31/03/2023	£210k	£242k
31/03/2022	£213k	£197k
06/04/2021	£190k	£133k

Common questions

Is CHARNWOOD ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £93,043, which exceeds the stated policy target of three months' operation. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £40,890 for the year, primarily due to charitable activity expenditure exceeding incoming resources, but maintains a strong cash position of £154,430. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHARNWOOD ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHARNWOOD ARTS as a grant recipient include THE CARLTON HAYES MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE CARLTON HAYES MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY	FY2025	£25k
THE CARLTON HAYES MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
THE CARLTON HAYES MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY	FY2022	£4k
THE CARLTON HAYES MENTAL HEALTH CHARITY	FY2023	£4k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/09/2023	£9k	Breathe; Create
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/09/2021	£10k	Feel Good in the Forest - Skills Sharing
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/12/2017	£10k	"Representation of the People and Loughborough's Suffragettes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/03/2014	£96k	"Charnwood Great War Centenary Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/03/2013	£3k	Read Me, Write Me, Draw Me, Tell Me.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/10/2012	£10k	"Changing Spaces, Trading Places"