CHISENHALE ART PLACE LIMITED

Registered charity 285125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ART PLACE TRUST LTD, ARTPLACE TRUST LIMITED, CHISENHALE STUDIOS

Charity activities are those that meet organisational aims to promote, maintain, improve and advance education for the benefit of the public; particularly by the encouragement of the arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ART OF PAINTING, DRAWING,SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE, PRINTMAKING, FILM, MUSIC, SINGING, POETRY, LITERATURE, LITHOGRAPHY, BALLET, DANCE AND DRAMA

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.

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

Latest income
£324k
Latest spending
£403k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £78,574 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £383,573 to £304,999. The trustees' report notes that the financial reserve policy is to strive to keep twelve months' expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £304,999 are below this stated target given the annual expenditure of over £400,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Licence fees receivable (89% of income)
“Licence fees receivable 289,549”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve month's expenditure (held: £305k)
“The financial reserve policy is to strive to keep twelve month's expenditure.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£324k£403k
31/03/2024£285k£310k
31/03/2023£387k£292k
31/03/2022£327k£294k
31/03/2021£275k£263k

Common questions

Is CHISENHALE ART PLACE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £78,574 for the year, reducing its total net assets from £383,573 to £304,999. The trustees' report notes that the financial reserve policy is to strive to keep twelve months' expenditure, and the current unrestricted reserves of £304,999 are below this stated target given the annual expenditure of over £400,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/02/2026£20kChisenhale Creative Community Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund09/02/2007£7kTear Jerkers

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHISENHALE ART PLACE LIMITED£324k—0unclear—no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025£330kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
Culture& Arts and Heritage FY2025£523k—0unclear—no doubt
CHISENHALE DANCE SPACE FY2025£243k—0unclear—no doubt
HELIX ARTS LIMITED FY2025£501k—0above—no doubt

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