NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH

Registered charity 1190515 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The National Centre for Creative Health will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and social care and wider systems. Research shows that active engagement with the arts, culture and creativity is beneficial for the health and wellbeing of us all.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£394k
Latest spending
£570k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £176,225 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £310,096 to £133,871. Unrestricted reserves stood at £103,400, which the trustees note is above their policy target of three months of committed operating expenditure. The charity continues to operate with adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
The Director, as the highest paid member of staff, received benefits totalling £63,323 — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
The Director, as the highest paid member of staff, received benefits totalling £63,323 — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Total income
£759k
Total spending
£197k
Reserves (reported)
£25k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£394k£570k
31/07/2024£160k£556k
31/07/2023£759k£197k
31/07/2022£278k£153k
31/07/2021£37k£18k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £176,225 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £310,096 to £133,871. Unrestricted reserves stood at £103,400, which the trustees note is above their policy target of three months of committed operating expenditure. The charity continues to operate with adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CREATIVE HEALTH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government24/10/2024£200kInvestment Funds