THE ARTS EMERGENCY SERVICE

Registered charity 1152377 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS EMERGENCY (AE)

The Charity's objects are to promote the Arts and Higher Education and to encourage, maintain and develop public education and appreciation of the Arts and Higher Education, to remove barriers to young people who wish to study an Arts degree and to promote, improve, develop and maintain the appreciation of the Arts.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PROMOTE THE ARTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE, MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION, TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO STUDY THROUGH A NETWORK OF SUPPORT, INTRODUCTION TO MENTORING SCHEMES AND TO ASSIST YOUNG PERSONS WHO WISH TO STUDY AN ARTS DEGREE IN ALL ASPECTS BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RAISING FUNDS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE PREPARING FOR ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN AN ARTS DEGREE AND TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free unrestricted reserves of £300,120 as of 30 June 2025, which the trustees consider equivalent to 3 months of running costs. The charity reported a net expenditure of £154,642 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £474,041 to £319,399.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2021 (received 16/05/2022, 16 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arts Emergency (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).

• Portal Trust — “Supporter and generous funder of Arts Emergency, Portal Trust” (source page)
• AKO Foundation — “Trust and Foundations AKO Foundation” (source page)
• The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust — “The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust” (source page)
• British Board of Film Classification — “British Board of Film Classification” (source page)
• Buzzacott Stuart Defries Memorial Fund — “Buzzacott Stuart Defries Memorial Fund” (source page)
• Chapman Charitable Trust — “Chapman Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Charles S French Charitable Trust — “Charles S French Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Derek Hill Foundation — “The Derek Hill Foundation” (source page)
• Dinkin Family Charitable Trust — “Dinkin Family Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Drapers' Charitable Fund — “Drapers' Charitable Fund” (source page)
• Dr Martens Foundation — “Dr Martens Foundation” (source page)
• Elizabeth & Prince Zaiger Charitable Trust — “Elizabeth & Prince Zaiger Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Fagus Anstruther Memorial Trust — “Fagus Anstruther Memorial Trust” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Perminderpal Kaur Mannchair
• Alexandra Keramidas
• Amie Louise Kirby
• Binda Patel
• Dimity Jane Nicholls
• Evangeline Oluyomi Adegoke
• Jasmine Dotiwala
• Khanyisile Jameelah Aqiyla Edwards
• Samantha Kay Hands
• Susan Buhr van Schalkwyk

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Manchester City · Oldham · Throughout London · Wigan

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART SPACE.

• ART SPACE income £497k
• ARTIS FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG) income £44k
• CHISENHALE ART PLACE LIMITED income £324k
• THE BLACK-E income £287k
• ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN income £335k

Side by side with its peers

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