TIN ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1194759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, improve and advance participation and education in the arts including the arts of dance, drama and music for people of all ages and abilities.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS:1.1 TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE PARTICIPATION AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DANCE, DRAMA AND MUSIC; AND1.2 FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £178,665, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £115,000 plus £31,100 set aside for legal fees. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with net current assets of £177,130.

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.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05600161 · Financial health read from its filings

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 — “It continues to be funded by TIN Arts as part of our agreed work with Arts Council England.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MCARDLE, Gillian Margaret — director, appointed 13/02/2024on trustee list
• MCMANNERS, James Malcolm — director, appointed 22/11/2023not on trustee list
• SUMMERS, Michael — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
• WESTON, Nuritza Helen — director, appointed 18/07/2023on trustee list
• BELL, Ashley Ruth — director, appointed 31/01/2019on trustee list
• DEFTY, Claire Catherine — director, appointed 01/04/2008on trustee list
• CHAYTOR, Teresa — director, appointed 21/10/2005not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Ruth Bell
• CLAIRE CATHERINE DEFTY
• Gillian Margaret McArdle
• James Malcolm McManners OBE
• Michael Summers
• Nuritza Helen Weston
• Paul Martin Wilson MBE
• Teresa Chaytor MBE

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · Sunderland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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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
• THE TIN MUSIC AND ARTS income £228k
• THE TILLETT TRUST income £241k
• INTOART PROJECTS income £437k
• ARTSITE LIMITED income £42k
• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k

Side by side with its peers

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