OUTSIDE IN ART

Registered charity 1171128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides a platform for artists excluded from the art world because of mental, physical or other reasons.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCH PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN ART-RELATED ACTIVITIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); LEARNING DISABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; HOMELESSNESS; OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PENAL SYSTEM.

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

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

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£572k
Latest spending
£605k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £59,110 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by expenditure exceeding income. The trustees note that unrestricted cash reserves are significantly below the stated policy target of four months' budgeted expenditure, though net current assets were deemed sufficient for immediate operating needs at year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The reserves are significantly below the level specified in the reserves policy” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee
“During the year ended 31 March 2025 the Charity received a donation of £1,500 from Charles Rolls, a Trustee of the Charity, in respect of a donated fee for a speech at an event.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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)

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.

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

  • Volunteers: 124

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

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £101,840 — grants £101,840 (1); 24% of the £425,122 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

  • Volunteers: 140
  • Government income: £104,495 — grants £104,495 (2); 17% of the £601,923 total gross income on the same return
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£572k
Total spending
£605k
Cost of raising funds
£21k
Reserves (reported)
£46k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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£572k£605k
31/03/2024£425k£584k
31/03/2023£602k£572k
31/03/2022£463k£476k
31/03/2021£937k£357k

Common questions

Is OUTSIDE IN ART financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £59,110 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by expenditure exceeding income. The trustees note that unrestricted cash reserves are significantly below the stated policy target of four months' budgeted expenditure, though net current assets were deemed sufficient for immediate operating needs at year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds OUTSIDE IN ART?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OUTSIDE IN ART as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE RODDICK FOUNDATION, THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE WITHEREN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATIONFY2024£85kTowards a new post of Commercial Co-ordinator and to build an e-commerce platform.
THE RODDICK FOUNDATIONFY2023£33kCore costs
THE RODDICK FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE RODDICK FOUNDATIONFY2024£30k
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£25k
THE WITHEREN FOUNDATIONFY2025£7k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2024£19kOutside In: Make Art
UK government13/10/2022£102kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£102kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/03/2019£34k"Patient Artwork: New Dialogues"

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OUTSIDE IN ART£572k—0below—no doubt
OUTSIDE IN PATHWAYS LTD FY2025£68k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARTISTS FUND - BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£107kUnder £60,0000within—no doubt
THE CREATIVE ART HOUSE FY2025£854k—0below—no doubt
ARTS IN THE YARD FY2025£177k—0above—no doubt
IN BETWEEN TIME FY2026£109k—0below—no doubt

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