Cotswolds Arts Through Schools

Registered charity 284579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STOCKWELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Making grants to other charities as the Trustees feel appropriate

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£581k
Latest spending
£394k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £257,299 to £450,252, driven by a net income of £192,953. The charity maintains a reserves policy focused on maintaining expendable endowment in ethical investment funds rather than a specific monetary target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain the expendable endowment in suitable ethical investment funds (held: £450k)
“The reserves policy is to maintain the expendable endowment in suitable ethical investment funds.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£581k
Total spending
£394k
Cost of raising funds
£319k
Reserves (reported)
£450k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 54.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£581k£394k
31/07/2024£96k£118k
31/07/2023£313k£294k
31/07/2022£16k£81k
31/07/2021£380k£204k

Common questions

Is Cotswolds Arts Through Schools financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £257,299 to £450,252, driven by a net income of £192,953. The charity maintains a reserves policy focused on maintaining expendable endowment in ethical investment funds rather than a specific monetary target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Cotswolds Arts Through Schools?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Cotswolds Arts Through Schools as a grant recipient include THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2025£5kYouth

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 BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Cotswolds Arts Through Schools£581k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ FY2025£998k—0unclear—no doubt
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£101k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CASCIA TRUST FY2024£312k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TANAGRA FOUNDATION FY2024£147k—0unclear—no doubt
THE COPPING JOYCE FOUNDATION FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt

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