THE ASSOCIATION OF RINGING TEACHERS: A.R.T

Registered charity 1156971 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Mission?.To improve the learning experience of new ringers.Our Purpose?To develop and support the delivery, integrity, and standards in the teaching, instruction and education, of the art of change ringing.We train and accredit teachers and train new ringers using structured schemes supported by information, monitoring of standards and codes of practice.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN BELL RINGING PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND ACCREDITED COURSES ON BELL RINGING AND SUPPORTING BELL RINGING PROJECTS AS A WAY OF SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT, THE SKILLS, PRACTICE AND ART OF CHANGE RINGING ON TOWER AND HANDBELLS AND RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ALL ASPECTS OF BELLS AND BELL RINGING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Warwick, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£67k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £3,212 for the year, driven by a loss in main operations despite increased membership income. While free reserves of £53,520 remain close to the trustees' policy target of one year's expenditure (£55,000), the organization is explicitly dependent on donations to sustain its activities. The trustees note that a gap in donations would likely force the charity to close.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“As a result of these measures income has increased overall by 25% but main operations again incurred a loss of £11448 despite the continued support of our sponsors and members.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“In spite of a deficit in the year and significant increases in salary costs the free reserves remain close to this target level and amount to £53,520 at 31st December 2025.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“ART is dependent on donations to sustain its activities. Earned income alone would not allow ART to continue operating. This means that if there were to be a gap in donations it is likely that ART would have to close.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints 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
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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 800

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 733

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 709

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW WILBY
Andrew North
Ann Joan Hall · trustee of 3 other charities
Matthew Lawrence
Neil William Jones
Sue Dixon

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · Guernsey · Ireland · Isle Of Man · New Zealand · Northern Ireland · Scotland · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£67k	£70k
31/12/2024	£56k	£51k
31/12/2023	£57k	£62k
31/12/2022	£42k	£42k
31/12/2021	£15k	£17k

Common questions

Is THE ASSOCIATION OF RINGING TEACHERS: A.R.T financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £3,212 for the year, driven by a loss in main operations despite increased membership income. While free reserves of £53,520 remain close to the trustees' policy target of one year's expenditure (£55,000), the organization is explicitly dependent on donations to sustain its activities. The trustees note that a gap in donations would likely force the charity to close. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY)	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING.

ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING income £82k
THE ESSEX ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS income £49k
ALDERSBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION income £62k
THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS income £35.2m
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER TRAINERS income £719k
ESTA STRING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £263k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ASSOCIATION OF RINGING TEACHERS: A.R.T	£67k	—	0	below	—	noted
ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING FY2025	£82k	£250	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ESSEX ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS FY2025	£49k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDERSBROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£62k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS FY2025	£35.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER TRAINERS FY2025	£719k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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