HEART OF GLASS ST HELENS LIMITED

Registered charity 1179366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEART OF GLASS

Heart of Glass is a St Helens, Merseyside-based collaborative and social arts organisation. We believe that art has the power to bring us together and create change, for the people of our community, and the place we call home. By working with artists and communities we support each other, and learn from each other, on creative journeys of enquiry and exploration.

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Latest income
£956k
Latest spending
£972k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an overall deficit of £16,176, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £264,943. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are below the stated policy target of £178,212, which represents 16 weeks of core operational costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£956k
Total spending
£972k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£956k£972k
31/03/2024£967k£942k
31/03/2023£864k£866k
31/03/2022£1.0m£883k
31/03/2021£1.0m£883k

Common questions

Is HEART OF GLASS ST HELENS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with an overall deficit of £16,176, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £264,943. Per the trustees' report, these unrestricted reserves are below the stated policy target of £178,212, which represents 16 weeks of core operational costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or related-party transactions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

Who funds HEART OF GLASS ST HELENS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HEART OF GLASS ST HELENS LIMITED as a grant recipient include PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATIONFY2023£338kArts Access and Participation Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/04/2023£96k"Strong Women"
UK government13/10/2022£356kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/12/2021£356kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government08/06/2017£356kNational Portfolio Organisations