ART IN MOTION CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1194112 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIM

Based in Bristol, the CIO aims to advance education in the arts among adults with a learning disability through the provision of workshops, activities and events designed to support and empower them to explore their artistic potential, We create opportunities for them to share there work with the public through exhibitions and events.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS (TO INCLUDE BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION VISUAL, MUSICAL, TACTILE, LITERARY AND PERFORMING ARTS) AMONG ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THEM TO EXPLORE THEIR ARTISTIC POTENTIAL, AND TO RELIEVE NEED ARISING FROM THEIR DISABILITIES.

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: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on unrestricted funds of £8,148 for the year ended 31 March 2026. Free reserves amounted to £27,562, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of at least six months of core running costs (approx. £19,000). The trustees are satisfied that the charity remains a going concern on an ongoing basis.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Joneschair
• Adrian Graham Kitchen
• Lucia Mitterova

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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• ART MONTHLY FOUNDATION income £202k
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• NUNEATON ARTS CIO income £265k
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• MOVING PARTS ARTS CIO income £184k
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Side by side with its peers

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