PRISM ARTS

Registered charity 1159797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Prism Arts is an inclusive arts organisation. This means that we set up and run arts projects that are fully accessible to all. Our priority is to develop projects that enable disabled people, young people and older people to engage in the arts. Our projects are always delivered by professional artists; this means that the quality of our work is very high.

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Latest income

£300k

Latest spending

£329k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, reducing its total net assets from £219,773 to £190,957. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £190,957 are held in line with the stated policy target of three to six months of expected yearly expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions involving trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Direct Payments income

“Direct Payments income £89,135” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3 to 6 months of its expected yearly expenditure (held: £191k)

“Prism Arts will hold reserves equal to 3 to 6 months of its expected yearly expenditure”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Prism: Arts Without Barriers (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Conor James Pitcher
Juliet Joy Fellows-Smith
Sarah McGrath
Sonny Smith
Verity Georgina Shillabeer
Vincent Walden

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£300k	£329k
31/03/2024	£263k	£258k
31/03/2023	£241k	£238k
31/03/2022	£264k	£249k
31/03/2021	£271k	£232k

Common questions

Is PRISM ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year, reducing its total net assets from £219,773 to £190,957. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £190,957 are held in line with the stated policy target of three to six months of expected yearly expenditure. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions involving trustees. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	13/10/2022	£52k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	13/10/2022	£52k	National Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2021	£192k	People @ Prism
UK government	25/06/2020	£55k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government	01/04/2020	£35k	Prism Arts Culture Recovery Fund Application Round 2
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/08/2019	£50k	Prism Arts: Addressing a Building Crisis: Developing resilience and a
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/07/2019	£66k	"Discovering Kurt Schwitters - Artist and Refugee"
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/05/2019	£10k	Carlisle Community Puppet Pageant
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/07/2018	£58k	"Uncovering Carlisle's Textile Revolution"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/03/2017	£71k	"CumbriaÂ’s Atomic Story Â– a Fusion of People and Place"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/06/2016	£9k	"Tales of a Long Conflict"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	03/12/2015	£41k	"Studio Theatre Discover the Vikings of West Cumbria"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/06/2015	£10k	"The Jacobite Rebellion in Carlisle: School workshops, summer school, pageant procession and performance"
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/06/2014	£4k	Carlisle Pageant Summer School
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/01/2014	£10k	"Animating the Georgians"
Northern Rock Foundation	15/10/2013	£75k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation	04/06/2013	£50k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (North East & Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation	14/12/2010	£89k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation	27/07/2010	£2k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation	11/12/2007	£90k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (Cumbria)
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/03/2007	£5k	CTRL-Z
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/03/2006	£5k	Anchor - Admin Group
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/05/2005	£111k	Spinning Yarns Project
Northern Rock Foundation	08/03/2005	£65k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (Cumbria)
Northern Rock Foundation	14/04/1998	£15k	Grant awarded to Prism Arts (North West)