ARTS 2 HEAL

Registered charity 1167490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity "Arts 2 Heal" is set up for "The advancement of health" - specifically mental health of vulnerable individuals.The people who can benefit from this charity are:Individuals with general mental health issuesIndividuals who self-harm or would self-harm

Objects

the promotion and protection of health specifically the mental health of vulnerable individuals. The people who can benefit from this charity are: Adults and Young people with general mental health issues. Adults and Young people who self-harm or would self-harm

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£101k
Latest spending
£101k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £10,370, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £10,000 representing three months of essential operating costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured new funding from sources including The Baring Foundation and The National Heritage Fund to support its strategy of securing long-term funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £10,000, representing around three months of essential operating costs (held: £10k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free unrestricted reserves of approximately £10,000, representing around three months of essential operating costs.” — page 5
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/12/2025£101k£101k
05/12/2024£114k£84k
05/12/2023£66k£98k
05/12/2022£90k£92k
05/12/2021£108k£90k

Common questions

Is ARTS 2 HEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £10,370, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £10,000 representing three months of essential operating costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity secured new funding from sources including The Baring Foundation and The National Heritage Fund to support its strategy of securing long-term funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ARTS 2 HEAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ARTS 2 HEAL as a grant recipient include SKELTON BOUNTY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SKELTON BOUNTYFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/04/2025£22kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England11/02/2025£10kSteps to Wellness
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/01/2025£30k"Preserving with Chutneys and Chats"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kArt Blooms: From Isolation to Inclusion
Sport England29/11/2023£11kFitness Fusion: Cultivating Wellness for Bame Women
The National Lottery Community Fund09/12/2022£10kCreativity Connects
Postcode Lottery27/05/2022£23kBrushes and banter: Collaborative art-based mental health project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/05/2022£10k"Covid_19 Kahaniyan"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2021£5kConnecting Hearts- Home to Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2021£2kCreate and connect
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2021£10kCreativity to Heal
UK government10/08/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2019£114kConfidence through Creativity
The National Lottery Community Fund20/06/2019£10kConquer through creativity

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 ARTS FOR LIFE PROJECT (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARTS 2 HEAL£101k—0unclear—no doubt
ARTS FOR LIFE PROJECT (UK) FY2025£275k—0unclear—no doubt
CORE ARTS FY2025£1.3mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
TALITHA ARTS FY2024£107k—0above—no doubt
YOUTH ARTS AND HEALTH TRUST FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
MK ARTS FOR HEALTH FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt

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