ARTS ON THE RUN

Registered charity 1166636 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We produce art across all artforms from our network of creative and talented individuals who have a background of voluntary or involuntary migration.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, PERFORMANCE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS: MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA, WRITING, POETRY, PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND FILM, IN PARTICULAR THE ARTS BY, FOR AND ABOUT REFUGEES, MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

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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Latest income
£218k
Latest spending
£197k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,437 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,811. The charity reports no paid staff, relying instead on volunteers and trustees, with total resources expended of £196,587 against incoming resources of £176,673. The trustees confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 56
  • Government income: £156,673 — grants £156,673 (3); 72% of the £218,213 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Government income: £20,000 — grants £20,000 (1); 13% of the £157,800 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£218k£197k
31/03/2024£134k£163k
31/03/2023£158k£137k
31/03/2022£5k£9k
31/03/2021£20k£6k

Common questions

Is ARTS ON THE RUN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £23,437 at the end of the financial year, an increase from the previous year's £1,811. The charity reports no paid staff, relying instead on volunteers and trustees, with total resources expended of £196,587 against incoming resources of £176,673. The trustees confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ARTS ON THE RUN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTS ON THE RUN as a grant recipient include THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2025£10kEmergency/Multi-Year
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2024£10kEmergency/Multi-Year
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2025£20kMigration Matters Festival 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund28/04/2023£10kMigration Matters Festival 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund18/03/2022£10kMigration Matters Festival 2022
UK government23/02/2022£78kArts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£10kMigration Matters Festival 2021

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART REFUGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARTS ON THE RUN£218k—0unclear—no doubt
ART REFUGE FY2025£137k—0above—no doubt
INDEPENDENT ARTS FY2025£439k—0below—no doubt
FREEDOM ROAD CREATIVE ARTS FY2025£104k—0above—no doubt
NEW CREATIONS FY2025£183k—0unclear—no doubt
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED FY2026£1.5m——unclear—no doubt

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