RATIONALE ARTS

Registered charity 1181681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Rationale Arts is a registered charitable arts organisation with the key aims to promote, improve and maintain public education and appreciation of the arts. Specifically but not exclusively the art of dance, music and theatre.

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Latest income
£33k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Rationale Arts reported a total income of £33,300 and total expenditure of £17,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a surplus of £15,319. Total reserves increased to £16,741, comprising £14,365 in unrestricted funds and £2,376 in restricted funds. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants and Donations (100% of income)
“Grants and Donations - 33,300”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£33k£18k
31/03/2024£40k£40k
31/03/2023£25k£38k
31/03/2022£31k£29k
31/03/2021£35k£24k

Common questions

Is RATIONALE ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Rationale Arts reported a total income of £33,300 and total expenditure of £17,981 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a surplus of £15,319. Total reserves increased to £16,741, comprising £14,365 in unrestricted funds and £2,376 in restricted funds. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RATIONALE ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RATIONALE ARTS as a grant recipient include THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2025£20kActs of Creativity 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2023£10kSight Specific Moves 2023
Sport England21/03/2023£8kACTs of Creativity
The National Lottery Community Fund24/09/2021£10kACTs of Creativity
The National Lottery Community Fund14/06/2019£10kSight Specific Moves