ARTSPACE LIFESPACE

Registered charity 1168150 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote art for the benefit of the public by the establishment and maintenance of facilities for artists from a variety of artistic practices to create works, to collaborate, and to present and perform those works for the public.We secure interesting, unusual and difficult buildings in which we build workshops, studio spaces, offices, galleries, cafe?s, performance and training facilities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR ARTISTS FROM A VARIETY OF ARTISTIC PRACTICES TO CREATE WORKS, TO COLLABORATE, AND TO PRESENT AND PERFORM THOSE WORKS FOR THE PUBLIC.

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: Bristol, City of, South 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 £82,541 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £304,555. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a strong reserves position with free reserves of £189,032, exceeding its policy target of £161,205. However, the trustees noted that the ongoing viability of The Island project remains a concern due to core costs exceeding earned income, putting it at risk as a going concern if external subsidy declines.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bristol City Council Cultural Investment Programme — “We are grateful for the support of our core funders Bristol City Council Cultural Investment Programme , Garfield Weston Foundation and The …” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “We are grateful for the support of our core funders Bristol City Council Cultural Investment Programme , Garfield Weston Foundation and The …” (source page)
• The Nisbet Trust — “We are grateful for the support of our core funders Bristol City Council Cultural Investment Programme , Garfield Weston Foundation and The …” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “Arts Council England has supported projects including Futur Ville, We Are From Dust Sculpture Park, and putting the ‘Art’ back into the depa…” (source page)
• Awards for All — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)
• Architectural Heritage Fund — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)
• Historic England — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)
• John James Foundation — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)
• Quartet — “Previous project funders also include Awards for All, the Architectural Heritage Fund, Historic England, the John James Foundation, the Post…” (source page)

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aran Dasan
• Ben Stephenson
• JAMES SPENCER RENNIE FRANCIS
• Kara Delos Reyes
• Melissa Blackburn
• Rhiannon Jones
• WILLIAM ANTHONY PENHAUL

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• ARTSPACE MERSEYSIDE income £46k
• MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE income £59k
• CINDERFORD ARTSPACE income £464k
• S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS income £2.8m
• SPACE ART income £35k
• ESCAPE COMMUNITY ART IN ACTION income £309k

Side by side with its peers

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