MINERVA ARTS & WELLBEING

Registered charity 1203689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We deliver high standards of arts education within the community and encourage craftsmanship by supporting local arts groups, fostering lifelong learning and enhancing skills and comprehension. We foster social inclusion for the greater good, utilising the arts to prevent social exclusion and help individuals to integrate into society.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HIGH STANDARDS OF ARTS EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THE PROMOTION OF CRAFTS AND CRAFTSMANSHIP, LOCAL ARTS GROUPS INCLUDING COMMUNITY EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING.TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY USING THE ARTS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ?SOCIALLY EXCLUDED? MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUNDERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS BYPROVIDING: ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £111,077 for the year ended 30 June 2025, primarily due to a £100,000 shortfall in earned income from the loss of a local authority contract. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves were reduced to £nil, down from £98,275 in the prior year, leaving the charity with total net assets of £22,516.

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 5 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• John Neil McKaychair
• Daniel Wayne McGee
• George Beeching Ormerod
• LYNNE CAROLINE ROBINSON
• Linda Procopis

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

Operates in: Sunderland

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD.

• ALL ARTS & MEDIA LTD income £99k
• VENTURE ARTS income £703k
• HELIX ARTS LIMITED income £501k
• PIONEER PROJECTS (CELEBRATORY ARTS) LIMITED income £386k
• ARTIS FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• ASSOCIATION FOR CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT THROUGH VISUAL ART LIMITED income £2.0m

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