SOMETHING TO AIM FOR

Registered charity 1181856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SICK OF THE FRINGE

The advancement of health or saving of lives

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING GREATER PARTICIPATION BY GROUPS WHO ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN THE ARTS FIELD, PARTICULARLY BY REASON OF DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH (MENTAL OR PHYSICAL) OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a net expenditure of £17,727, resulting in a total deficit of £70,333 at year-end, with unrestricted funds in deficit by £95,678. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on the continued support of grant-aiding bodies to maintain going concern status. Despite this deficit, the organization secured a new three-year grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation for 2026–29, indicating ongoing funder confidence.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/02/2024, 2 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 24/02/2023, 24 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 10/02/2022, 10 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “We extend heartfelt thanks to our funders - past and present - whose belief in our vision has enabled us to create, connect, and grow. Your …” (source page)
• Paul Hamlyn Foundation — “We extend heartfelt thanks to our funders - past and present - whose belief in our vision has enabled us to create, connect, and grow. Your …” (source page)
• Queen Mary University London — “We extend heartfelt thanks to our funders - past and present - whose belief in our vision has enabled us to create, connect, and grow. Your …” (source page)
• UK Research and Innovation — “We extend heartfelt thanks to our funders - past and present - whose belief in our vision has enabled us to create, connect, and grow. Your …” (source page)
• Wellcome — “We extend heartfelt thanks to our funders - past and present - whose belief in our vision has enabled us to create, connect, and grow. Your …” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Callum Shallcross
• EDWARD FRANCIS BERG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Harpreet Kaur
• Matt Burman
• Prof Brian Lobel
• Prof Kirsty Fairclough
• Virginia Simpson

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES.

• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• SIMPLE REASON income £61k
• THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k
• LITTLE GIVING income £650k
• DONATING CHARITY LIMITED income £1.9m
• FOUNDATION MATTERS income £366k

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