INTERIM SPACES

Registered charity 1165694 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Interim Spaces brings vacant and at-risk buildings back into public-benefit use, providing affordable workspace for people facing financial or economic barriers, supporting arts learning, public events and heritage engagement, and helping disadvantaged places recover through community, cultural and small-scale enterprise use while creating routes into work, self-employment and creative practice.

Objects

1. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£123k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with stable finances despite a small unrestricted deficit of £224. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £29,423, which is consistent with the stated policy target of approximately three months of operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income)
“Total income: £122,579. Expenditure: £122,803, resulting in a small unrestricted deficit of £224.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately three months of operating expenditure (held: £29k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain reserves equivalent to approximately three months of operating expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity owns 100% of it's trading subsidiary Interim Spaces Trading Limited.
“The charity owns 100% of it's trading subsidiary Interim Spaces Trading Limited.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Interim Spaces Trading Limited
“The charity owns 100% of it's trading subsidiary Interim Spaces Trading Limited.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £140k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£123k£123k
31/03/2024£295k£131k
31/03/2023£105k£101k
31/03/2022£120k£109k
01/04/2021£78k£71k

Common questions

Is INTERIM SPACES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with stable finances despite a small unrestricted deficit of £224. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £29,423, which is consistent with the stated policy target of approximately three months of operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Somerset Community Foundation10/08/2023£80k10 Market Square
UK government01/04/2023£24kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government01/04/2023£120kCommunity Ownership Fund

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INTERIM SPACES£123k—0within—no doubt
ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED FY2025£5.9mOver £60,0001above—no doubt
Making Space For Crafts Ltd FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt
DYS SPACE LIMITED FY2025£3.3m£60,000 - £65,000—below—no doubt
BESPACE FY2026£201kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
SPACE FY2024£256k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.