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GORSE HILL STUDIOS CREATIVE COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1172118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gorse Hill Studios (GHS) is an independently-run youth arts charity which provides free/low cost, high quality, accessible and responsive creative services to young people between the ages of 8 and 25 who present with a wide range of issues, from mental health to those struggling or facing exclusion from mainstream education.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£819k
Latest spending
£816k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,129 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total reserves stood at £472,719, with free unrestricted reserves of £349,202, which the trustees consider above their target of four months' core operating expenditure. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of core operating expenditure (held: £349k)
“holding free reserves equivalent to at least four months of core operating expenditure is appropriate”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gorse Hill Studios Creative Community (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£819k
Total spending
£816k
Cost of raising funds
£31k
Reserves (reported)
£349k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~5.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City · Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£819k£816k
30/06/2024£770k£840k
30/06/2023£779k£795k
30/06/2022£854k£722k
30/06/2021£501k£442k

Common questions

Is GORSE HILL STUDIOS CREATIVE COMMUNITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £3,129 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Total reserves stood at £472,719, with free unrestricted reserves of £349,202, which the trustees consider above their target of four months' core operating expenditure. The trustees confirm that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/06/2025£59k"Gorse Hill Studios: A Celebration of Creativity and Young People"
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2024£329kGorse Hill Studios Creative Communities
UK government28/02/2020£5kUK Youth Fund YAF