Cotswolds Arts Through Schools

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

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.

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).

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).

Trustees

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?

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.

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