ART HISTORY LINK-UP

Registered charity 1172792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ART HISTORY FOR EVERYONE

Art History Link-Up (AHLU) offers free-of-charge accredited Art History courses to state school students, taught in galleries, schools and online. Art History A level is taught in less than 1% of state schools. Yet we have taught over 600 young people from diverse backgrounds, from 300 state schools across the UK. Our students are transforming the sector and securing a vibrant future for the arts.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £187,338, which falls below the trustees' stated policy target of six months of expenditure. The going concern basis is maintained but explicitly notes dependency on the continuance of support from funders and progress in pursuing a viable budget.

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Ampersand Foundation — “The Ampersand Foundation” (source page)
• The Astra Foundation — “The Astra Foundation” (source page)
• The Clore Duffield Foundation — “The Clore Duffield Foundation” (source page)
• The Garfield Weston Foundation — “The Garfield Weston Foundation” (source page)
• The Lovington Foundation — “The Lovington Foundation” (source page)
• The Rothschild Foundation — “The Rothschild Foundation” (source page)
• The Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust — “The Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Foyle Foundation — “The Foyle Foundation” (source page)
• The Golden Bottle Trust — “The Golden Bottle Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maureen Anne Walsh Hooft Graaflandchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jessica Rose Bridgett
• Robert Arthur Byng Nelson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Taymoor Atighetchi
• Victoria Lavrentieva Yanakova
• ngan jones

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

Operates in: Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED.

• CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON ART SCHOOL LIMITED income £4.1m
• ARTS AND HOMELESSNESS INTERNATIONAL income £322k
• ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k
• THE CHILDRENS ART SCHOOL income £185k
• THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART FUND income £434k
• THE PUBLIC CATALOGUE FOUNDATION income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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