CHAPEL ARTS STUDIOS

Registered charity 1185771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chapel Arts Studios are a contemporary art organisation based in Hampshire. They offer artist residencies, art events, education in and outside of schools, the touring art bus, workshops, talks and pop up galleries, to introduce or explore contemporary art within the community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE1. THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE SOCIAL ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE VISUAL ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR THE VISUAL ARTS.

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

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Registered contact address: Test Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£187k

Latest spending

£188k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased slightly from £145,714 to £144,702, driven by a net expenditure of £1,012 against income of £187,048. Unrestricted reserves stood at £134,055, which the trustees note is sufficient to sustain the organisation for at least the next twelve months. The charity remains heavily reliant on grant funding, with 98% of income coming from grants, primarily Arts Council England.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to sustain the organisation for at least the next twelve months (reserves figure: £134k)

“CAS, with its trustees, have established a reserves policy of building sufficient reserves to sustain the organisation for at least the next twelve months.” — page 21

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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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)

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £1,000 — contracts £1,000 (1); under 1% of the £187,048 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £4,975 — contracts £175 (1), grants £4,800 (4); 3% of the £176,677 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 18
Government income: £13,977 — grants £13,977 (4); 7% of the £211,893 total gross income on the same return

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 are one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations (NPO).” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Kay Maychair
Craig Andrew WADMAN
DAVID NICHOLAS ALWYNE DREW · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Ronda Gowland-Pryde
Elizabeth Clare Johnston
Jonathan Adams
Miranda Hope
Stuart Will Woods
Tony Spencer

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£187k	£188k
31/03/2024	£177k	£188k
31/03/2023	£212k	£184k
31/03/2022	£165k	£163k
31/03/2021	£154k	£120k

Common questions

Is CHAPEL ARTS STUDIOS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased slightly from £145,714 to £144,702, driven by a net expenditure of £1,012 against income of £187,048. Unrestricted reserves stood at £134,055, which the trustees note is sufficient to sustain the organisation for at least the next twelve months. The charity remains heavily reliant on grant funding, with 98% of income coming from grants, primarily Arts Council England. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
AKO FOUNDATION	1	£945k
CECIL AND HILDA LEWIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£212k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£94k
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£59k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£39k
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND	1	£30k
JAPAN HOUSE LONDON TRUST	1	£15k
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CALSTOCK ARTS.

CALSTOCK ARTS income £84k
CRESCENT ARTS income £111k
COMPASS COMMUNITY ARTS income £46k
THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY income £2.1m
BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED income £142k
ARTS ALIVE IN SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE income £457k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHAPEL ARTS STUDIOS	£187k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CALSTOCK ARTS FY2025	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRESCENT ARTS FY2025	£111k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
COMPASS COMMUNITY ARTS FY2025	£46k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BATH ARTISTS' STUDIOS LIMITED FY2025	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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