CONTAINS ART CIO

Registered charity 1193931 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CONTAINS ART COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Development and delivery of artistic, cultural and educational activities.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £80,498, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £45,200 to £55,200. The charity reports adequate resources for going concern and notes that its cash position was comfortably above the minimum recommended in its reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Contains Art CIO (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• Golsoncott Foundation — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• Heritage Fund — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• Fairfield Trust — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• Sylvia Waddilove Foundation — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• Somerset Community Foundation — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)
• West Somerset Opportunity Area — “Important amongst these are Arts Council England, the Golsoncott Foundation, the Heritage Fund, the Fairfield Trust, the Sylvia Waddilove Fo…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jessica Prendergrastchair
• Elizabeth McGrath
• Harry Paul Coucher
• Maya Hacker Clayden

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

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

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• FIRSTSITE LIMITED income £2.4m
• STIWT ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £274k

Side by side with its peers

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