BLANK CANVAS

Registered charity 1182185 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Running needs-based projects to allow young people to create new stories of hope.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF BLANK CANVAS ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redcar and Cleveland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 47% to £174,918, with unrestricted cash reserves held at £48,060, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of £27,500. The charity reports compliance with its reserves policy and notes that it continues to rely on grant funding as a main source of income while seeking to reduce this reliance.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Tatechair
• Alice Lambert-Ellis
• Bridget Woodall
• Kristian Shephard
• Tim Theobalds

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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