FORMA ARTS AND MEDIA LIMITED

Registered charity 1152156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, maintain, improve, support and encourage the arts;To advance education in the arts including the production, exhibition, presentation, organisation, provision, publication, management, distribution, broadcasting or webcasting of all or any such arts in any forum.

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Latest income
£435k
Latest spending
£449k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £14,350 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by reduced programme income and lower-than-anticipated fundraising success. Despite this deficit, the charity's free and available unrestricted reserves stood at £90,817, which the trustees confirm is in line with their stated policy target of holding a minimum of £70,455.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England (61% of income)
“Core funding from Arts Council England remains vital at £264,455, representing 61% of turnover” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £70,455 (held: £91k)
“The charity’s current reserves policy as defined in December 2024 is to hold a minimum of £70,455” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£527k
Total spending
£532k
Cost of raising funds
£55k
Reserves (reported)
£66k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£435k£449k
31/03/2024£462k£477k
31/03/2023£527k£532k
31/03/2022£508k£504k
31/03/2021£409k£351k

Common questions

Is FORMA ARTS AND MEDIA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £14,350 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by reduced programme income and lower-than-anticipated fundraising success. Despite this deficit, the charity's free and available unrestricted reserves stood at £90,817, which the trustees confirm is in line with their stated policy target of holding a minimum of £70,455. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FORMA ARTS AND MEDIA LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FORMA ARTS AND MEDIA LIMITED as a grant recipient include WE ARE UNLIMITED ARTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WE ARE UNLIMITED ARTSFY2025£10k
WE ARE UNLIMITED ARTSFY2023£3kNote 7
WE ARE UNLIMITED ARTSFY2024£2k