The Common Humanity Arts Trust

Registered charity 1185182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ERIC ABRAHAM ARTS TRUST

The objects of the charity arei) to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts and culture worldwide, including supporting the creative work of theatres and film makers, and to increase accessibility of the arts to all in order to provide cultural enrichment for the public benefitii) such other charitable purposes as the trustees may determine

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £2,573,151, with no specific reserves policy target currently in place. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to cover budgeted expenditure and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hicks and Company. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~21.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eric Abraham
• Philip Prettejohn
• TIM DAVIDSON

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD.

• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k
• ARTSWORK LIMITED income £1.9m
• STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £274k
• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
• THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST income £240k
• UNITY THEATRE TRUST income £228k

Side by side with its peers

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