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THE CREATION WORKS CIO

Registered charity 1209557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRODIGAL UPG CIC

The Creation Works is a sustainable, accessible, residential rehearsal & development centre in Par, Cornwall. Made available for community and professional artists to make theatre, dance & outdoor performance in ideal conditions. Whilst here delivering activities & opportunities to the benefit of Par bay and Cornwall more widely. The CIO also delivers off-site work to the benefit of the community.

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Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small unrestricted loss of £3,144 and negative unrestricted reserves of £531, while holding a large restricted fixed asset fund of £1,115,230. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £9,000 to cover three months of operating costs, which the current unrestricted funds do not meet. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)
“Income in 2025 was £1,014,022. Of this £1,011,587 was related to grants received in building the space” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-531; policy: three months of operating costs of the space which includes running costs and operational overheads which is £9,000)
“As at 31 July 2025, due to recently completing the build project with minimal unrestricted income being generated the charity had unrestricted funds of negative £531.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 13
“During the year the Charity received pro-bono governance training support, valued at £9,000, from Creative UK . Susan Grace West is a Creation works Trustee, is a lead programme manager at Creative UK. This sum is included as part of the total of donated services in note 2 above. (2024 Nil)” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2025)

Total income
£1.0m
Total spending
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£1.0m£51k

Common questions

Is THE CREATION WORKS CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small unrestricted loss of £3,144 and negative unrestricted reserves of £531, while holding a large restricted fixed asset fund of £1,115,230. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of £9,000 to cover three months of operating costs, which the current unrestricted funds do not meet. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.

Who funds THE CREATION WORKS CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CREATION WORKS CIO as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CLARE MILNE TRUSTFY2025£20k