MOSAIC ROOMS

Registered charity 1183882 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ORANGE TREE TRUST

Mosaic Rooms exists to support contemporary Arab and SWANA culture, through the presentation and promotion of the visual, performing and literary arts, and to advance understanding and discourse with and between communities from this region, in diaspora, and the wider public.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£583k
Latest spending
£160k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant surplus of £422,377 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by grant income following its transition to an independent entity. The trustees state that free reserves of £134,000 meet their target of holding three months of running costs, and they have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months (reserves figure: £134k)
“The Trustees believe that a prudent level of reserves would be in the region of £134,000. This would enable the Charity to have the financial resources to meet employees' salaries and basic running costs for three months.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2021

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£583k
Total spending
£160k
Reserves (reported)
£564k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~42.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£583k£160k
31/12/2024£4k£163k
31/12/2023£2k£155k
31/12/2022£625k£347k
31/07/2021£240k£74k

Common questions

Is MOSAIC ROOMS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a significant surplus of £422,377 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by grant income following its transition to an independent entity. The trustees state that free reserves of £134,000 meet their target of holding three months of running costs, and they have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAYDAY ROOMS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOSAIC ROOMS£583k—0no_policy—no doubt
MAYDAY ROOMS FY2025£128k—0unclear—no doubt
HOSPITAL ROOMS FY2025£1.9m—0above—no doubt
MOSAIC JEWISH COMMUNITY LIMITED FY2025£53k—0below—no doubt
MOSAIK EDUCATION FY2025£737k—0within—no doubt
THE MANCHESTER SOMALI ISLAMIC CULTURAL TRUST FY2025£593k—0above0.0%no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.