ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED

Registered charity 289618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A S L E, ACTION SPACE

ActionSpace supports artists with learning disabilities across London. We aim to make a professional career in the arts a realistic option to artists with learning disabilities who have the talent and ambition to pursue this. Our Beyond The Studio programme, and creates innovative projects for Londoners with learning disabilities to engage with the visual arts.

Objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE PRACTICE OF THE ARTS BY PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.(2) TO MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS (INCLUDING WRITTEN, VISUAL, AURAL AND PERFORMING ARTS) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, INCLUDING CHILDREN , ADULTS AND THE ELDERLY, INCLUDING WHETHER LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES, OR SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION OF ALL KINDS, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES

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 held unrestricted reserves of £303,315 at year-end, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of operating expenditure. The trustees confirm that the charity is in a good financial position and able to continue operating for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Volunteer management

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Fleur Donnelly-Jackson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony John Peter Spira
• Beth Madeleine Elliott
• Dominique Heyse-Moore
• Jessica Aimee Starns
• Kate Squires
• Linsey Evelyn Young
• Loveday Shewell
• Samuel John Talbot
• Simon David Chadwick
• Thompson Hall

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED.

• ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED income £5.9m
• S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS income £2.8m
• ARTBOX LONDON income £326k
• Making Space For Crafts Ltd income £188k
• SPACE income £987k
• ART SPACE income £497k

Side by side with its peers

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