ARTSPACE MERSEYSIDE

Registered charity 1163370 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hosting art exhibitions and offering various art/craft courses to the public.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO INCREASE PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND ASSOCIATED CRAFTS IN LIVERPOOL CITY REGION FROM ITS BASE AT THE BRIDEWELL STUDIOS.

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £3,689 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit in the previous year. Total unrestricted funds increased to £34,950, with net assets standing at £73,248. The trustees note that the charity requires minimal funding to operate as most events are provided by volunteers.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 23/06/2024, 144 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Damian Cruikshank
• GEORGE O'BRIEN B ED.
• Richard Anthony Robinson
• Sarah Lewis-Newton

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

Operates in: Halton · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE.

• MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE income £59k
• ARTSPACE LIFESPACE income £775k
• CINDERFORD ARTSPACE income £464k
• WELLINGTON (SOMERSET) & DISTRICT ARTS ASSOCIATION income £67k
• Yorkshire Artspace Society income £563k
• ARTSCAPADES income £73k

Side by side with its peers

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