NEW VISUALITY

Registered charity 1148823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the first time, New Visuality has worked with ceramicists and object-makers and exhibited their work in city centre locations.New Visuality continues to run art camps during every school holiday, work with young people with disabilities and learning difficulties and run graduate-curated exhibitions. New Visuality has also collaborated with charity Stretch.

Objects

I)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS,CULTURE,AND HERITAGE TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC THROUGH ACCESSIBLE EXHIBITIONS,INSTALLATIONS AND OUTREACH WORK WITHIN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES II)TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND MIXED MEDIA CULTURE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£62k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,193 against a policy target of six months' reserve, which the trustees note could support 8 weeks of operation. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported, and total funds increased from £53,276 to £62,282 during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months reserve (held: £2k)

“The Trustees aim to maintain at least a six months reserve as the organisation develops and grows.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £57,504 — grants £57,504 (14); 92% of the £62,282 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2024

Volunteers: 7
Government income: £39,070 — grants £39,070 (8); 73% of the £53,276 total gross income on the same return
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £46,872 — grants £46,872 (2); 41% of the £114,733 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Visuality (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Two Ridings Community Foundation — “It Begins: Strensall’s Magazine, funded by Two Ridings Community Foundation” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alaa Jasimchair
CARLOTTA ALLUM
Colin Watts · trustee of 1 other charity
Jason King

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£62k	£58k
31/07/2024	£53k	£56k
31/07/2023	£115k	£112k
31/07/2022	£77k	£82k
31/07/2021	£54k	£59k

Common questions

Is NEW VISUALITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,193 against a policy target of six months' reserve, which the trustees note could support 8 weeks of operation. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported, and total funds increased from £53,276 to £62,282 during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NEW VISUALITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW VISUALITY as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£8k	Decent Work and Economic Growth
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/02/2023	£9k	"The Future in History is Bright"
UK government	23/02/2022	£4k	Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund	08/10/2021	£7k	Our Style
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	16/08/2018	£10k	"Reimagining York: Young Town Planners"
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2016	£8k	Thrive: Skills & Communities
City of York Council	—	£5k	Yorpart grant
City of York Council	—	£800	Heworth Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Dringhouses Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Rawcliffe Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£100	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Heworth Without Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£500	Holgate Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£500	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£3k	Cultural Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Micklegate Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£875	Westfield Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Cultural Wellbeing
City of York Council	—	£950	Acomb Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£950	Clifton Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£1k	Heworth Without Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£950	Fishergate Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Rawcliffe Clifton Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£2k	Heworth Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£800	Holgate Ward Grant
City of York Council	—	£840	Hull Road Ward Grant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
VINCHEL FOUNDATION	1	£323k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£53k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	1	£52k
The Teesside Charity	1	£45k
THOMAS POCKLINGTON TRUST	1	£26k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£7k
THE GORDON GRAY TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SELBY DISTRICT VISION.

SELBY DISTRICT VISION income £26k
VISION (ROSSENDALE) income £64k
WORTHWHILE OCCUPATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL KRAFTS LIMITED income £1.5m
SOMERSET ART WORKS income £187k
VISION25 income £942k
Sight Support Worthing income £287k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEW VISUALITY	£62k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SELBY DISTRICT VISION FY2026	£26k	—	below	—	no doubt
VISION (ROSSENDALE) FY2025	£64k	—	above	—	no doubt
WORTHWHILE OCCUPATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL KRAFTS LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
SOMERSET ART WORKS FY2025	£187k	—	below	—	no doubt
VISION25 FY2025	£942k	—	below	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.