SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION
Registered charity 1197450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION LTD, THE ART STATION
The Art Station is a dynamic, inclusive, arts charity, offering a free Art and Learning Programme - exhibitions, events, talks, screenings, creative sessions for all ages. Our activities bring people together around enjoyable creative experiences and access to recreation, local facilities and cultural opportunities, also providing volunteering, work placements, work experience and internships.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,731 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total net assets increasing to £93,936. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £30,601, which is below the stated policy target of covering three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees noted that gathering reserves has proved difficult due to increased competition for funding and a lack of core funding.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £31k; policy: three to six months’ unrestricted expenditure)
“Because of the wider context of increased competition for funding and decreased amounts of funding and our lack of core funding – gathering reserves has proved too difficult since our relaunch in 2021.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Camilla Nicholls
- Catherine Thorpe
- Faye Gosling
- Paul Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
- Robert Gibbon
- Samuel Charles Cryer
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Suffolk
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £16,731 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total net assets increasing to £93,936. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £30,601, which is below the stated policy target of covering three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The trustees noted that gathering reserves has proved difficult due to increased competition for funding and a lack of core funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SAXMUNDHAM ART STATION as a grant recipient include THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION, THE GROCERS' CHARITY, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST, PAUL AND LOUISE COOKE ENDOWMENT.
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