THE CHILDRENS ART SCHOOL

Registered charity 1161225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting and providing high quality arts education for children and young people.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, PARTICULARLY IN WEST YORKSHIRE, BY: PROVIDING VISUAL AND OTHER ARTS CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ADVISING AND TRAINING TEACHERS AND ARTS FACILITATORS; AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF TEACHING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

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: Kirklees, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net payment of £26,251 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. However, unrestricted free reserves stood at £46,676, which the trustees state is above their target policy level of a minimum £12,000. This surplus is viewed as a financial safety net to ensure continued delivery of projects despite the loss of Reaching Communities funding and physical space.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• One Community Foundation — “New funding from One Community Foundation, Our Cultural Heart fund, Kirklees Council and the Healthy Food and Activities Programme means we …” (source page)
• Our Cultural Heart fund — “New funding from One Community Foundation, Our Cultural Heart fund, Kirklees Council and the Healthy Food and Activities Programme means we …” (source page)
• Kirklees Council — “New funding from One Community Foundation, Our Cultural Heart fund, Kirklees Council and the Healthy Food and Activities Programme means we …” (source page)
• Healthy Food and Activities Programme — “New funding from One Community Foundation, Our Cultural Heart fund, Kirklees Council and the Healthy Food and Activities Programme means we …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JAEL WILLIAMS
• Maire Tracey
• SHAMYLA YOUNAS
• Sally Brown

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cotswolds Arts Through Schools.

• Cotswolds Arts Through Schools income £581k
• MIDDLE CHILD THEATRE LIMITED income £746k
• ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN income £335k
• FRIENDS OF THE FREE SCHOOL income £20k
• CREATIVE OUTBURSTS income £207k
• EDUCATE A CHILD - INTERNATIONAL income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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