THE ART AND IDEAS TRUST

Registered charity 1145384 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity funds the provision of live and online cultural events that seek to further the education, understanding and engagement of the public with particular relation to philosophy and art. It favours presentations and discussions that place philosophy in the context of contemporary challenges in politics, economics, science, art and society.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO BOTH ART AND PHILOSOPHY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total funds decreased from £680,670 to £518,526 due to a net expenditure of £162,144 against incoming resources of £44,240. The trustees report that the principal funding sources are donations and dividends, and they consider there to be no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Lebor
• Dr Joanna Kavenna FRSL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE IDEAS FOUNDATION.

• THE IDEAS FOUNDATION income £357k
• LIFE WITH ART income £372k
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY income £469k
• THE ANALYSIS TRUST income £120k
• ABUNDANCE ARTS income £68k
• THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

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