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.

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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 (held: £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.

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'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 YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£543k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
THE ALMOND TRUST	1	£50k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS	1	£31k
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£26k
ALTAJIR TRUST	1	£15k
THE HOWARD FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SOULS, LANGHAM PLACE, LONDON	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARTLESS THEATRE TRUST.

ARTLESS THEATRE TRUST income £107k
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED income £1.4m
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
CHRISTIANS AWARE income £109k
SOLOMON ACADEMIC TRUST income £311k
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTRE INTERNATIONAL income £248k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ART AND CHRISTIANITY	£106k	£21,264	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTLESS THEATRE TRUST FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIANS AWARE FY2025	£109k	—	below	—	no doubt
SOLOMON ACADEMIC TRUST FY2025	£311k	—	above	—	no doubt

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