PURPLE PATCH ARTS

Registered charity 1178031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£544k

Latest spending

£439k

Registered

2018

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£544k

Total spending

£439k

Reserves (reported)

£205k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Dr Rita Kusi-Mensah
Hannah Kate Prole
Lauren Elsa Maidment
Rhian Eleanor Isaac

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · City Of York · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£544k	£439k
31/08/2024	£448k	£528k
31/08/2023	£483k	£480k
31/08/2022	£400k	£392k
31/08/2021	£305k	£224k

Common questions

Who funds PURPLE PATCH ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PURPLE PATCH ARTS as a grant recipient include THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND, DIDYMUS, CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£25k
DIDYMUS	FY2024	£10k
DIDYMUS	FY2023	£5k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	FY2025	£3k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	FY2024	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Postcode Lottery	28/04/2025	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
Postcode Lottery	01/11/2023	£25k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/11/2015	£40k	"Brandesburton Oral History Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/08/2014	£10k	"'Present in my past' A social history resource by & for people with learning disabilities"