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.

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Latest income
£989k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £255k; policy: three months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)
The balance held as unrestricted funds at 31st March 2025 was £1,658,090 of which £254,512 were free reserves in deficit after allowing for funds tied up in tangible fixed assets of £1,955,350. — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Arts Council England funding
Arts Council England North West 208,523
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Rosehill Theatre Enterprises Limited
The charity’s wholly owned trading subsidiary, Rosehill Theatre Enterprises Limited, ended the year with a net nil result. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£989k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£678
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
16

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£989k£1.1m
31/03/2024£614k£673k
31/03/2023£277k£532k
31/03/2022£642k£551k
31/03/2021£729k£654k

Common questions

Is ROSEHILL ARTS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government13/12/2021£63kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government22/10/2021£177kCulture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/05/2018£69k"Creative Connections: opening out the unique and intriguing heritage of Rosehill Theatre"
UK government08/06/2017£63kNational Portfolio Organisations
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/12/2011£10k"Oliver Messel Exhibition"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/04/2007£50k"Liverpool's People and Places: The Photography of E Chambre Hardman"