NEWPORT LIVE
Registered charity 1162220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Provision of both indoor and outdoor facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation To promote community participation in healthy recreational activitiesProvision of community facilities to be available to all sections of the communityTo promote the education of the public through the provision of facilities for performing arts
Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that Newport Live reported an overall deficit of £121,127 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £2,264,806. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of between £600,000 and £800,000 for unrestricted non-designated reserves, a level which the charity currently exceeds. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between £600,000 and £800,000 (held: £2.3m)
“The Newport Live Board are agreed that a reasonable level of unrestricted non-designated reserves is required of between £600,000 and £800,000” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Newport City Council acts as the principal funder and a member of Newport Live. During the year, Newport Live received £4,236,392 (2024: £4,325,770) from Newport City Council in the form of management fees and grants with purchases of £6,614,989 (2024: £6,213,414). At the year end, amounts of £1,066,364 (2024: £749,569) were owed to Newport Live by Newport City Council and Newport Live owed Newport City Council £118,074 (2024: £64,455).
“Newport City Council acts as the principal funder and a member of Newport Live. During the year, Newport Live received £4,236,392 (2024: £4,325,770) from Newport City Council in the form of management fees and grants with purchases of £6,614,989 (2024: £6,213,414). At the year end, amounts of £1,066,364 (2024: £749,569) were owed to Newport Live by Newport City Council and Newport Live owed Newport City Council £118,074 (2024: £64,455).” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Kevin Ward — Chairman (source)
- Lucy Donovan — Positive Futures Development Manager (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- REED, Donald Francis — director, appointed 27/05/2026not on trustee list
- CLARKE, James John — director, appointed 30/05/2025on trustee list
- HARTSTILL, Sian Elizabeth — director, appointed 08/04/2025on trustee list
- GRIFFITHS, Marie-Claire — director, appointed 08/04/2025on trustee list
- DAVIES, Deborah Jane — director, appointed 03/03/2025on trustee list
- FLOOD, Beverley Ann — director, appointed 15/03/2023on trustee list
- TURNER, Richard Mark — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
- HAYHOE, David William — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
- TILLEY, Philip Arthur — director, appointed 17/03/2021on trustee list
- DEW, Katija Malathi — director, appointed 01/04/2019on trustee list
- WARDROBE, Stephen John — secretary, appointed 04/02/2026
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles 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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (86% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Beverley Ann Flood
- Councillor Deborah Davies
- David William Hayhoe
- James John Clarke
- KEVIN DAVID WARD
- Katija Malathi Dew
- Marie-Claire Griffiths
- Philip Arthur Tilley · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Mark Turner
- Sian Hartstill
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Newport City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NEWPORT LIVE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Newport Live reported an overall deficit of £121,127 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £2,264,806. The trustees have established a reserves policy target of between £600,000 and £800,000 for unrestricted non-designated reserves, a level which the charity currently exceeds. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.
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