CAN'T SIT STILL

Registered charity 1191401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education in the arts, in particular, but not exclusively, theatre through the provision and creation of performances and educational projects for the public benefit.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THEATRE THROUGH THE PROVISION AND CREATION OF PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

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Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£202k

Latest spending

£126k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in excellent financial health with unrestricted, undesignated reserves of £29,745. Total unrestricted reserves stand at £87,895, which exceeds the stated policy target of three to six months of core running costs (£13,500–£27,000). The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with secured funding for upcoming activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (51% of income)

“the company earned 51% of its income from commission and performance fees, workshop & consultancy fees and donations.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three to six months of core running costs (reserves figure: £30k)

“the unrestricted free reserves should equal between three and six months of core running costs which equates to between £13,500 and £27,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 3
Government income: £84,246 — grants £84,246 (3); 42% of the £201,915 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 1
Government income: £56,530 — grants £56,530 (2); 22% of the £260,080 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £88,035 — grants £88,035 (4); 91% of the £97,147 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Joneschair
Adam Patrick McCready
Amara Mayers
Claire Neaves · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Katharine Sarah Kavanagh
Miriam Higgs

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£202k	£126k
31/03/2024	£260k	£167k
31/08/2023	£97k	£59k
31/08/2022	£150k	£143k
31/08/2021	£117k	£74k

Common questions

Is CAN'T SIT STILL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is in excellent financial health with unrestricted, undesignated reserves of £29,745. Total unrestricted reserves stand at £87,895, which exceeds the stated policy target of three to six months of core running costs (£13,500–£27,000). The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with secured funding for upcoming activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CAN'T SIT STILL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAN'T SIT STILL as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNWOOD TRUST	FY2023	£66k	Funded Partner Programme
BARNWOOD TRUST	FY2025	£32k	Themed Project

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/08/2023	£10k	Being Me - creative clubs for autistic girls and non-binary people

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
SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND	1	£210k
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£109k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£45k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION	1	£29k
THE CLARE MILNE TRUST	1	£25k
The Ashley Family Foundation	1	£22k
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED	1	£10k
SOMERSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED.

STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £274k
SHALLAL income £147k
CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
QUARANTINE income £563k
THEATRE DESIGN COURSE LIMITED income £100k
SIGNIFICANCE income £53k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAN'T SIT STILL	£202k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£274k	—	unclear	—	noted
SHALLAL FY2025	£147k	—	below	—	no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025	£330k	Under £60,000	above	—	no doubt
QUARANTINE FY2026	£563k	—	above	—	no doubt
THEATRE DESIGN COURSE LIMITED FY2025	£100k	—	below	—	no doubt

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