SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1160035 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SERENDIPITY

Serendipity's mission is to promote, improve, develop and maintain appreciation of the arts for the public benefit, to advance education in the arts and different cultures and heritage for the public benefit, to promote equality and diversity for the public benefit through the arts including hosting events that profile diversity such as Let's Dance International Frontiers and Black History Month.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£958k
Latest spending
£720k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £238,610 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds increasing to £390,989. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of approximately three months of turnover (£239,151). The filing confirms the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of turnover (held: £391k)
“The Board of Trustees has established that Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage should move towards holding approximately three months of turnover, which within 2024/25 equated to £239,151.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mrs P A Brookes received remuneration of £47,203 and invoiced £20,000 for consultancy and producer charges.
“Mrs P A Brookes, Trustee, received remuneration of £47,203 (2024: £49,873) during the year. Mrs P A Brookes, Trustee, invoiced the charity £5,000 (2024: £3,000) in consultancy charges and £15,000 (2024: £8,500) for producer charges during the year.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£958k
Total spending
£720k
Reserves (reported)
£391k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Derby City · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£958k£720k
31/03/2024£667k£675k
31/03/2023£393k£496k
31/03/2022£461k£273k
31/03/2021£329k£267k

Common questions

Is SERENDIPITY ARTISTS MOVEMENT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income surplus of £238,610 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds increasing to £390,989. Per the trustees' report, this level of reserves is above the stated policy target of approximately three months of turnover (£239,151). The filing confirms the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/05/2025£250k"8 Bowling Green Street, Leicester and its Living Archive"
UK government27/01/2022£3kInvestment Funds
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/12/2021£813k"Unearthed: Forgotten Histories"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2019£30kMove Forward
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/08/2018£70k"Archiving the Past, Reflecting the Future"
UK government08/06/2017£214kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/04/2016£65k"Lost Legends: 30 years of BHM in Leicester – education, arts and community programmes"