Mediale CIO
Registered charity 1189852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Mediale, YORK MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL CIO, YORK MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY, YORK MEDIALE
Mediale is an independent arts charity, originally founded in 2016 to celebrate the designation of York as the first and only UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts in the UK.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are negative at £(4,956), falling below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£42,000). However, the charity maintains positive cash reserves of £23,742, supported by a Key Fund loan and secured core funding for the following year.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months of core charitable expenditure (held: £-5k)
“The trustees aim to maintain funds at a level that equates to approximately three months of core charitable expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsinochair
- Dr Michelle Kasprzak
- Ernst Hugo Weijers
- Kay Hannah Watson
- Kristina Maurer
- Lisa Gray
- Theodora Vougiouka
- Thomas Charles John Feeney
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Mediale CIO financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are negative at £(4,956), falling below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure (£42,000). However, the charity maintains positive cash reserves of £23,742, supported by a Key Fund loan and secured core funding for the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Mediale CIO?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Mediale CIO as a grant recipient include THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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