ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH THE ARTS AND TALKING

Registered charity 1159712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ETAT

ETAT runs a club in London SW1 for lonely and isolated people focusing on the arts. The philosophy of the charity is one of encouragement.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE RELIEF FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, ISOLATION, LONELINESS, AGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ARRANGING, PROVIDING AND FACILITATING A RANGE OF ARTS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £48,110 at the end of the financial year, a figure the trustees describe as giving them confidence to plan for growth. The charity reports that its financial position is secure and operations have returned to normal levels following the pandemic. The trustees have budgeted for a reduction in reserves for the upcoming year to support planned expansion.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIANE YEOchair
• Caroline Gandy-Brown
• Diana Domingues
• Ian James Corpuz
• Kevin Raymond
• Phayza Fudlalla · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rachel Cross

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• SOUTH EAST LONDON ARTS NETWORK income £177k
• ECTARC LIMITED income £3k
• ETON ACTION income £57k
• TALK ABOUT ART income £41k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG) income £44k
• ACTA COMMUNITY THEATRE LTD. income £351k

Side by side with its peers

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