COMMUNARTY
CommunARTy is a Yorkshire based charity established to raise awareness of, and support for, the arts as a form of prisoner rehabilitation, and, encourage different groups within the local community to engage with each other through a shared interest in the arts.
Objects
1) TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS BY THE PROVISION OF ARTS ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE THE CREATIVE ENTERPRISE OF PRISONERS AT HMP WAKEFIELD. 2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AMONG THE PRISONERS AT HM PRISON WAKEFIELD, THEIR FAMILIES AND PRISON STAFF BY THE PROVISION OF CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PARTICIPATORY ARTS. 3) TO PROMOTE OR CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO THE IMPACT WHICH THE ARTS HAVE ON THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts provided are incomplete, containing only the front matter, annual report narrative, and the header for the independent examiner's report, with no financial statements or figures included. Consequently, no data on reserves, income, expenditure, or financial health can be extracted from the document.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 1
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 01/11/2026, 1 day after the 31/10/2026 due date).
Trustees
- Simon Rudingchair
- AMIE NAYLOR
- CARL NAYLOR
- CAROLYN LUND
- LINDA HAIGH
- Professor ABIGAIL HARRISON - MOORE
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £28k | £29k |
| 31/12/2024 | £29k | £30k |
| 31/12/2023 | £28k | £27k |
| 31/12/2022 | £26k | £26k |
| 31/12/2021 | £8k | £8k |
Common questions
Is COMMUNARTY financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts provided are incomplete, containing only the front matter, annual report narrative, and the header for the independent examiner's report, with no financial statements or figures included. Consequently, no data on reserves, income, expenditure, or financial health can be extracted from the document. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION | 1 | £5k |
| TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | £5k |
| THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £4k |
| THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNARTY | £28k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ART THERAPY YORKSHIRE | £66k | — | 0 | unclear | 15.7% | noted |