Wild Arts

Registered charity 1158366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROMAN RIVER MUSIC, ROMAN RIVER MUSIC CIO

WILD ART AIMS: TO PROMOTE THE BEST IN MUSIC AND THE ARTS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. OUR ACTIVITIES TO MEET THESE GOALS CAN INCLUDE A SUMMER PORGRAMME OF OPERA PERFORMANCES IN VENUES THROUGHOUT THE UK, AN ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL BASED IN NORTH ESSEX FEATURING TOP-CLASS MUSICIANS AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN ENJOYMENT OF AND INVOLVEMENT IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS; 2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT BUT IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE MAKING OF GRANTS AND DONATIONS.

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: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves rose to £144,291, which is below the stated policy target of £250,000. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Total income for the year was £830,882, with charitable activities generating the largest share at 64%.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (64% 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: 4.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANNA HUGHES
• Caroline Philippa Compston · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jill Pellew · trustee of 1 other charity
• Guy Everington
• Nina Charlotte Molyneux
• Silvia Melchior
• Stephen Barter

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

Operates in: Throughout England

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Charities like this

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

• THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION income £2.1m
• THE SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS LIMITED income £39k
• Wolverhampton Arts Centre income £959k
• WILD WELFARE income £283k
• THE FESTIVAL OF CHICHESTER income £32k
• SICK! PRODUCTIONS LTD. income £421k

Side by side with its peers

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