ROSEHILL ARTS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 250846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST CUMBRIA ARTS TRUST LIMITED

The Trust presents a wide range of artistic productions that are of educational and cultural value to the community. It manages and maintains appropriate premises at Rosehill and seeks to involve the local community by encouraging the use of its premises and facilities as a resource for performances and other activities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ARTS INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PRESENTING, PRODUCING, MANAGING, CONDUCTING AND REPRESENTING AT ANY THEATRE, OPERA HOUSE, CONCERT HALL OR OTHER SUITABLE PLACE SUCH CONCERTS, OPERAS, BALLETS, RECITALS, MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES, PLAYS, CINEMATOGRAPHIC FILMS, EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES AS ARE OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: CUMBERLAND WESTMORLAND FURNESS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £81,200 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds being in a deficit position of £254,512. The trustees aim to maintain free reserves equivalent to three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, but the current free reserves are £254,512 after accounting for tangible fixed assets. The trustees anticipate adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority — “We are most grateful to them all, including Nuclear Decommissioning Authority” (source page)
• Aldeburgh Music — “We are grateful to the following organisations for revenue funding, currently and in the last few years Aldeburgh Music” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Simon Clarkechair
• ANDREW MORGAN SMITH
• Aemilia Ruth Gaussen McCooey · trustee of 2 other charities
• Alexandra Kate Eleanor Ward
• Eleanor Ann Cummings
• Jennifer Roxanne Garrick
• LUCY Sekers
• PAUL TERRY
• Roger John Wilson
• YVONNE RISAGER CLARKSON

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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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Side by side with its peers

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