BATH ARTS WORKSHOP LIMITED

Registered charity 266038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATURAL THEATRE COMPANY

To promote, encourage and increase the appreciation and understanding by the public of the arts generally including dramatic art, visual art, musical art and literary art.To promote education in all sections of the community in the cultural and creative arts.

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Latest income
£389k
Latest spending
£397k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,380 for the year ended 31 March 2025, although unrestricted net current assets stood at £845,554. The trustees acknowledge the need to secure the long-term future of the company by matching income to costs and actively reviewing funding options. The charity holds a reserves policy target of £80,000, which is significantly below its actual unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £80,000 (held: £846k)
The trustees have decided that £80,000 should be kept in reserve at all times as a contingency. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The trustees continue to actively review and consider all funding options and the Board has implemented strategies to match income to costs to secure the long term future of the Company. — page 5
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 titlein 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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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£389k£397k
31/03/2024£388k£401k
31/03/2023£419k£426k
31/03/2022£356k£321k
31/03/2021£134k£179k

Common questions

Is BATH ARTS WORKSHOP LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £8,380 for the year ended 31 March 2025, although unrestricted net current assets stood at £845,554. The trustees acknowledge the need to secure the long-term future of the company by matching income to costs and actively reviewing funding options. The charity holds a reserves policy target of £80,000, which is significantly below its actual unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/03/2020£50k"Hidden Heroes"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/10/2016£28k"Field Hospital Centenary Exploration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/03/2006£5k"A Street Party And Cultural Gathering Will Celebrate Brunel 200."
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£5kWidcombe Rising 2006
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2005£492"An Award Has Been Made To The Bath Arts Workshop That Will Allow Them To Carry Out A 1940'S Style Street Party. Entertainment Of The Time W"
The National Lottery Community Fund27/04/2005£8kVictory Street Party