ART AND CHRISTIANITY

Registered charity 1189082 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Art and Christianity seeks to foster and explore the dialogue between art, Christianity and other religious faiths. Through events, publications and consultation, we offer education, enquiry and exchange with regard to the relationship between art and faith; collaboration and partnership with galleries, art institutions and places of worship;advocacy and advice on commissioning works of art.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE RELIGION, BY PROMOTING CHRISTIAN FORMATION THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH WORKS OF VISUAL ART Ù WORKS OF ART THAT FOSTER GREATER CHRISTIAN SELF-UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT FACILITATE ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND THOSE OF OTHER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND NONE.2. TO ADVANCE THE ARTS, BY THE PRESENTATION AND PROMOTION OF ARTS, CRAFTS AND TRADITIONAL SKILLS IN THE FIELD OF RELIGIOUS ART AND HERITAGE; AND3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY ORGANISING SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS TO INCREASE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS TRADITION (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION) THROUGH ART.

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£81k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £10,416 at the end of 2025, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure (around £13,000). The charity reported a shortfall on unrestricted funds of £1,965 for the period and aims to reduce this by increasing revenue from membership and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £21,264 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“The key management role in A+C was performed by Laura Moffatt whose total emoluments in 2025 came to £21,264.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £10k)

“The charity aims to have unrestricted reserves of 3 months of unrestricted expenditure which would be around £13,000 based on 2025 expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

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

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 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 25

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/01/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Paula Ruth Gooderchair
Anna Auchter
Dr Joost Joustra
Dr Siobhan Jolley
Jacquiline Creswell
Novelette-Aldoni Stewart
Professor Ben Quash · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Andrew Nunn · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev Beverley Ejimofo · trustee of 1 other charity
Rev'd Canon Charles Pickstone
Revd Dr Ayla Lepine

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£106k	£81k
31/12/2024	£72k	£75k
31/12/2023	£51k	£47k
31/12/2022	£45k	£52k
31/12/2021	£47k	£52k

Common questions

Is ART AND CHRISTIANITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £10,416 at the end of 2025, which is below the charity's stated policy target of three months' unrestricted expenditure (around £13,000). The charity reported a shortfall on unrestricted funds of £1,965 for the period and aims to reduce this by increasing revenue from membership and donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of ART AND CHRISTIANITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £21,264 band.

Who funds ART AND CHRISTIANITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ART AND CHRISTIANITY as a grant recipient include THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS, HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	FY2024	£2k	Arts, Drama and Music
HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN LIMITED	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	26/02/2025	£23k	National Lottery Project Grants

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
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£10k
WESTHILL ENDOWMENT	1	£10k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£2k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRISTIANS AWARE.

CHRISTIANS AWARE income £109k
LIFE IN CHRIST CHURCH UK income £27k
ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT income £55k
LIFE WITH ART income £372k
SOMERSET ART WORKS income £187k
MORPHE ARTS income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ART AND CHRISTIANITY	£106k	£21,264	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIANS AWARE FY2025	£109k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
LIFE IN CHRIST CHURCH UK FY2025	£27k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT FY2025	£55k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
LIFE WITH ART FY2026	£372k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOMERSET ART WORKS FY2025	£187k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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