THE ATKINSON DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1161020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ATKINSON FUNDRAISING DEVELOPMENT TRUST

The Atkinson Development Trust exists to support fundraising that enables The Atkinson and its partners to change the lives of Sefton residents and visitors through ambitious, creative and inspiring engagement with the arts, with heritage and with literature.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE ATKINSON DEVELOPMENT TRUST ARE:• TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL) BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO ARTS, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ACTIVITIES SERVICE MANAGED FOR SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ATKINSON COMPLEX, TO VALUE THEM FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT MAKES UPON THEIR LIVES AND WELLBEING;• TO PROMOTE ART, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT BY SUPPORTING CULTURAL SERVICES MANAGED FOR SEFTON PARTICULARLY THE ATKINSON, AND PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY ARTS, CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SERVICE THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND ENLIGHTENING

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: Sefton, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£17k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
2015

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Government income: £2,300 — grants £2,300 (1); 17% of the £13,777 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£17k£15k
31/03/2024£14k£11k
31/03/2023£13k£12k
31/03/2022£7k£9k
31/03/2021£3k£5k

Common questions

Who funds THE ATKINSON DEVELOPMENT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ATKINSON DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2021£2kGrants Paid in Year
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k