CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE

Registered charity 1197525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS GENERALLY, AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE CLIFTONVILLE, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS BY UTILISING ALL ART FORMS. (2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CLIFTONVILLE, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS GENERALLY, AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE CLIFTONVILLE, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS BY UTILISING ALL ART FORMS. (2) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF CLIFTONVILLE, KENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

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: Thanet, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£393k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £116,549 against a policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £103,693, driven by significant grant income, while maintaining a positive cash position despite deferred income liabilities.

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 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.

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: 50

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

  • Volunteers: 100
  • Government income: £15,763 — grants £15,763 (1); 12% of the £136,984 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 50
  • Government income: £157,292 — grants £157,292 (2); 82% of the £190,961 total gross income on the same return

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 09/03/2026, 37 days after the 31/01/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£393k£191k
31/03/2024£137k£138k
31/03/2023£191k£86k

Common questions

Is CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £116,549 against a policy target of three months' operating costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £103,693, driven by significant grant income, while maintaining a positive cash position despite deferred income liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/02/2026£20kARK: Open Door
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/11/2024£249k"ARK – an inclusive creative space in a culturally iconic building"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2023£10kARK - an inclusive resource for Cliftonville
UK government01/04/2023£8kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government01/04/2023£16kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government01/04/2023£26kCommunity Ownership Fund
UK government01/04/2023£99kCommunity Ownership Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/02/2022£30k"Cliftonville Voices"

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND1£14k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY1£5k
LONDON CATALYST1£5k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CINDERFORD ARTSPACE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE£393k—0unclear—no doubt
CINDERFORD ARTSPACE FY2025£464k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CLIFTON CENTRE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£40k—0above—no doubt
COVENTRY BIENNIAL LTD FY2025£214k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CROWN WHARF THEATRE FY2025£94k—0above—no doubt

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