CHATS PALACE LIMITED

Registered charity 283680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of performance and participatory arts activities for individuals, families and community groups in the London Borough of Hackney and the wider East End of London. Operation of arts centre and community hub.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF PARTICULAR NEIGHBOURHOODS AND AREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS. (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ENCOURAGE THE ARTS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. (C) THE ESTABLISHING AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES, ARTS CENTRES, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS FOR EDUCATIONAL PLAY. (D) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND EXHIBITIONS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in a deficit of £28,817, having incurred a net expenditure of £35,880. The trustees acknowledge the deficit but consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing subsequent trustee loans and a new action plan to strengthen the financial position.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CALVIN NG
• GARY BRIDGEWOOD
• Hendrik Wittkopf
• IAN RATHBONE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacquetta May
• Jacquetta Susan May
• ROBIN NORTON-HALE

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PALACE FOR ALL LIMITED.

• PALACE FOR ALL LIMITED income £160k
• THE CHELSEA CENTRE LTD income £644k
• HACKNEY EMPIRE LIMITED income £3.4m
• CREATE SPACE LONDON income £132k
• THE HOUNSLOW ARTS TRUST LTD income £824k
• PEOPLE'S PALACE PROJECTS income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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