ABSOLUTELY CULTURED LIMITED

Registered charity 1162199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE 2017 LIMITED, HULL2017

Absolutely Cultured is an arts organisation delivering a visual arts programme & curating of exhibitions, performance & events. With a strong public engagement programme having a positive impact on the city and a talent development & learning programme which gives access to cultural education & career opportunities in the arts.

Objects

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:(1) To advance the education of the general public in the arts and the artistic and cultural heritage of the City of Hull and the Humber Region including the East Riding of Yorkshire, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire and in particular the arts of performance, music, drama, poetry reading, sculpture, painting, handicrafts and all other associated arts;(2) To advance the arts in particular the arts of performance, music, drama, poetry reading, sculpture, painting, handicrafts and all other associated arts, by encouraging public participation in the said arts and by the presentation of concert, performances, exhibitions and festivals provided that the promotion of such festivals and events is undertaken solely for the Public Benefit; (3) To promote the arts and heritage for the benefit of the public within the City of Hull in particular but not exclusively by supporting and representing the arts and heritage sector through promotion representation and development (4) To further such other charitable purposes beneficial to the community consistent with objects (1) (2) and (3) above as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE CITY OF HULL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an actual deficit of £237,726 for the year ended March 2025, which included £140,000 in transition costs related to staffing restructuring and potential relocation. The trustees committed to underwriting a funding deficit of up to £344,142 to match fund applications from the charity's reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~14.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 21.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Qaisar Mahmoodchair
• Andrew Scott Falconer
• Beverley McNaughton
• Councillor Robert James Louis Pritchard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kerry Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Lewis
• Tracey Henry · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH VISUAL ART LIMITED.

• ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH VISUAL ART LIMITED income £2.0m
• THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED income £2.5m
• METAL CULTURE LIMITED income £1.1m
• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
• SUNDERLAND CULTURE LIMITED income £2.7m
• ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k

Side by side with its peers

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