DREAMARTS
Registered charity 1162525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
From 1 April 2017 DreamArts CIO is the charitable structure for the work of DreamArts Trust (registration 1070614) which was established in 1999. The mission of DreamArts is to transform young lives through arts and therapy, delivering award-winning projects where they express themselves on their own terms, explore their challenges and build their strengths so they can realise their potential.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,291 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total income of £435,759 against expenditure of £427,468. The Board of Trustees considers the charity financially sound, noting that reserves of £64,316 are satisfactory given the lack of fixed liabilities beyond core staff. The charity continues to live within its means and has secured extended funding from key partners for the coming years.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Grants (78% of income)
“The level of this funding source rose to £338,885 (2024 = £301,291).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: satisfactory reserves level since the charity has no fixed liabilities beyond its core full-time staff team and is structured to be able to reduce its work if funding is not secured for a particular programme (held: £64k)
“We have therefore achieved what trustees consider to be a satisfactory reserves level since the charity has no fixed liabilities beyond its core full-time staff team and is structured to be able to reduce its work if funding is not secured for a particular programme.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: John Lyon's Charity is a funder and partner in Early Help Partnership. No transaction amount specified for related party status in notes.
“DreamArts is a partner within the Early Help Partnership. This is a collaboration between Westminster’s statutory young people’s services and Family Hubs alongside voluntary sector youth providers.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anis Suterwala
- Catherine Drake Wilkes
- David Mumeni
- Gem Pinkney
- Nigel Jones
- Racha Mohsen Afiouni
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DREAMARTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £8,291 for the year ending 31 March 2025, with total income of £435,759 against expenditure of £427,468. The Board of Trustees considers the charity financially sound, noting that reserves of £64,316 are satisfactory given the lack of fixed liabilities beyond core staff. The charity continues to live within its means and has secured extended funding from key partners for the coming years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds DREAMARTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DREAMARTS as a grant recipient include THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION, ST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS AND WILLIAM SHELTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY, EDWARD HARVIST (ALSO KNOWN AS THE HARVIST ESTATE).
Known funders
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