THE HOUNSLOW ARTS TRUST LTD

Registered charity 267426 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7974342 · Wikipedia · also known as WATERMANS, WATERMANS ART CENTRE

The charitys principal activity is to operate Watermans, an arts centre in Brentford, which provides a year-round programme of performing arts, cinema, exhibitions and new media arts. In addition, it provides participative arts programmes for a wide range of communities both in its own venue and in other community spaces across West London.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFORE.

Area of benefit: 1. HOUNSLOW 2. NOT DEFINED

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £34,860 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £6,414. The trustees consider this level of reserves to be below their stated target of £92,750, noting that reserves have been significantly depleted due to external factors and restructuring. Despite the deficit, the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 29/05/2024, 119 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01164904
• Trading subsidiary: SHAREDART LIMITED Companies House 01807735

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Watermans (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “The organisation receives grant funding from Arts Council England and London Borough Hounslow .” (source page)
• London Borough of Hounslow — “The organisation receives grant funding from Arts Council England and London Borough Hounslow .” (source page)
• GLA — “GLA – we have delivered the outdoor arts programme at Bell Square in Hounslow Town Centre, supported by GLA” (source page)
• Social Investment Business — “Social Investment Business – we received a major investment to develop our capacity to deliver public sector contracts via the Futurebuilder…” (source page)
• GSK — “Corporate Partners – GSK, Heathrow Community Fund, Citroen and other partners have played a key role in supporting individual projects.” (source page)
• Heathrow Community Fund — “Corporate Partners – GSK, Heathrow Community Fund, Citroen and other partners have played a key role in supporting individual projects.” (source page)
• Citroen — “Corporate Partners – GSK, Heathrow Community Fund, Citroen and other partners have played a key role in supporting individual projects.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• OWEN, Craig — director, appointed 22/06/2026on trustee list
• FELLER, Grant Gideon — director, appointed 23/03/2026on trustee list
• HAWKER, Catherine Ann — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
• WRIGHT, Marion Patricia — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
• WHALLEY, Adam William — director, appointed 16/12/2024on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Nicholas — director, appointed 16/12/2024on trustee list
• MLUDZINSKA, Joanna Renata — director, appointed 23/03/2020on trustee list
• LENNOX, Jan — secretary, appointed 09/05/2000

Official officers record.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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 (95% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Manjit Hunjanchair
• Adam William Whalley
• CRAIG OWEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Ann Hawker
• Grant Feller
• Joanna Renata Mludzinska · trustee of 2 other charities
• Marion Patricia Wright
• Nicholas Ferguson
• Zulandi van der Westhuizen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hounslow

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST.

• BENSLOW MUSIC TRUST income £1.6m
• WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE income £203k
• THE COURTYARD ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £149k
• LONDON BOROUGH OF HOUNSLOW SWIMMING CLUB income £242k
• WATERLOO EAST THEATRE LTD income £193k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.