DELIGHT

Registered charity 1159567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DELIGHT CHARITY

Delight works in partnerships with primary schools serving areas of high deprivation and with local arts partners to deliver immersive arts programmes that engage children in education, through targeted social, academic and artistic outcomes, creating strong foundations for future learning & careers.Introducing art forms, career pathways and increasing community engagement.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH ADVANCING EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN 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: Tandridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £193,420 at the end of the year, which is above its stated reserves policy target of three months' operational costs plus £20,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be strong and have confirmed there are adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elizabeth Jane Ee-Mei Limchair
• Dominic Carpenter
• Kate Margaret Skull
• Matt Fox
• Stephen Brown

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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