BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE

Registered charity 282857 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q113531834 · also known as BAC

To advance and promote education and enjoyment for the benefit of the public locally, nationally and internationally, by the encouragement of arts and heritage, in particular the areas of dramatic art, music and exhibitions. BAC's mission is to inspire people to take creative risks to shape the future.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE:1. TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION OF THE ARTS AND HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY ENCOURAGEMENT, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE AREAS OF DRAMATIC ART, MUSIC AND EXHIBITIONS2. TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BATTERSEA’S OLD TOWN HALL AS A BUILDING OF HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST,3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND HERITAGE BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF WANDSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £1.13m for the year, reducing its unrestricted general funds to £111,653. The trustees report that reserves are currently below the stated policy target of £500k unrestricted, but confirm the charity remains viable with sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• World-first cinema experience for dogs brings The Snowman and the Snowdog with live orchestra to Battersea Arts Centre london-post.co.uk · 18/09/2026
• Chromatica Orchestra returns for third season at Battersea Arts Centre with newly appointed principal conductor, Oliver Cope planethugill.com · 16/09/2026
• "From Embers to Ensemble": Reigate Grammar School Musicians Perform At Battersea Arts Centre surreycomet.co.uk · 29/03/2026

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01569115
• Trading subsidiary: BAC ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 03406761

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Battersea Arts Centre (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• NELSON, Jessica Azeeza — director, appointed 05/08/2024on trustee list
• KENYATTA, Claudia Rose — director, appointed 17/07/2023on trustee list
• GANNAGE-STEWART, Alison Anne — director, appointed 19/12/2022on trustee list
• LINTON, Sara Louise Beverley, Cllr — director, appointed 16/09/2022on trustee list
• GIRI, Anu — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• CABOT, Christopher Laurent — director, appointed 09/07/2020on trustee list
• FOSBURY, Liz — director, appointed 12/03/2020on trustee list
• DE CORDOVA, Marsha — director, appointed 25/09/2019not on trustee list
• HARRISON, Patrick John — director, appointed 05/10/2017on trustee list
• LECOURTOIS, Lorraine — secretary, appointed 29/08/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (46% 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: 26.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/09/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Anne Gannage-Stewart
• Anu Giri
• Christopher Cabot
• Claudia Kenyatta
• Jessica Azeeza Nelson
• Liz Fosbury
• Marsha De Cordova
• Martin Christopher James Harrison
• Robin Saphra

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

Operates in: Wandsworth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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