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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

Latest income
£335k
Latest spending
£351k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£335k£351k
31/03/2024£466k£457k
31/03/2023£474k£439k
31/03/2022£231k£319k
31/03/2021£453k£419k

Common questions

Is Mediale CIO financially healthy?

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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery26/04/2022£16kThe Return - a digital art work co-produced with Black communities in Yorkshire

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST1£280k
THE JERUSALEM TRUST1£140k
THE MAYFIELD VALLEY ARTS TRUST1£45k
The Musk-Burton Family Trust1£24k
UNSEEN (UK)1£20k
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
TRINITY CHURCH BUXTON1£7k
OVINGDEAN HALL FOUNDATION1£6k

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