ARTS AND HOMELESSNESS INTERNATIONAL
We organise annual exchanges and events with the arts and homelessness community globallyWe run an ART (Advocacy, Research and Training) Laboratory which is a place to help the sector make the case for its work, produce research, resources, explore new models and ways of working and capacity building for projects and people working in this field.
Objects
1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR HAVE BEEN HOMELESS, THROUGH RESEARCH, TRAINING, ADVOCACY, EXCHANGES, CONFERENCES, ARTISTIC PROJECTS AND EVENTS AND IN OTHER SUCH WAYS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY THROUGH INCREASING ACCESS TO THE ARTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING HOMELESS OR HAVING BEEN HOMELESS
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £49,607 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a prior year deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity has met its reserves policy target of £40,000, holding unrestricted reserves of £42,482.
What the accounts disclose
“Fundraising costs 3,593”
“As of Sept 2019, the board has indicated that it would like Arts & Homelessness International to work towards having reserves equivalent to 3 months of wind down costs (salaries and fixed costs). This figure has been calculated at £40,000”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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
- 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
Trustees
- Beth Knowleschair
- Holly Jacobson
- Lucinda Meredith
- Rachel Hadley
- Rebecca Schutt
- Tom Henderson
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £322k | £273k |
| 31/03/2024 | £273k | £298k |
| 31/03/2023 | £275k | £290k |
| 31/03/2022 | £216k | £209k |
| 31/03/2021 | £201k | £178k |
Common questions
Is ARTS AND HOMELESSNESS INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £49,607 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a prior year deficit. Per the trustees' report, the charity has met its reserves policy target of £40,000, holding unrestricted reserves of £42,482. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch | 28/10/2021 | £100k | Arts Homelessness International |
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch | 18/12/2020 | £20k | Arts Homelessness International |
| UK government | 19/08/2020 | £18k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION | 1 | £591k |
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | 1 | £198k |
| THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED | 1 | £35k |
| THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION | 1 | £29k |
| JOSEPH LEVY FOUNDATION | 1 | £25k |
| THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £25k |
| THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION | 1 | £11k |
| YOUNG MANCHESTER | 1 | £9k |
Charities like this
- ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD
- ARTCORE INTERNATIONAL
- ART GENE LIMITED
- PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED
- CONTAINS ART CIO
- PEOPLE'S THEATRE ARTS GROUP LIMITED
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARTS AND HOMELESSNESS INTERNATIONAL | £322k | — | 0 | above | 1.1% | no doubt |
| ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD | £99k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ARTCORE INTERNATIONAL | £238k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ART GENE LIMITED | £404k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED | £153k | — | 0 | above | — | noted |
| CONTAINS ART CIO | £330k | Under £60,000 | 0 | above | — | no doubt |