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.

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Latest income
£613k
Latest spending
£604k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure (held: £303k)
ActionSpace aims to maintain designated reserves equivalent to 6 months of operating expenditure. — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£613k
Total spending
£604k
Reserves (reported)
£274k
Employees
7

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

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£613k£604k
31/03/2024£494k£515k
31/03/2023£488k£490k
31/03/2022£411k£375k
31/03/2021£394k£309k

Common questions

Is ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED as a grant recipient include ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2023£15kGrant to organisation
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2024£1kRound One - Projects for improving employment prospects for people with disabilities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund31/01/2024£155kCreative projects run by and for learning disabled people in Brent.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/01/2017£12k"Culture on the Move: a heritage project for young people with severe learning disabilities"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/03/2015£20k"Leighton Stories"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/04/2012£17k"A Heritage tour of Tooting"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2010£5kRecognising Achievement Rewarding Success
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2006£4kAction Space - Better & Better
The National Lottery Community Fund24/10/2005£130kA visual arts engagement project for young people.
The National Lottery Community Fund22/08/2005£5kCockpit Studio Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/12/2004£16k"Queen's Gardens Heritage Project"

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ACTION SPACE LONDON EVENTS LIMITED£613k0unclearno doubt
ART SERVICES GRANTS LIMITED FY2025£5.9mOver £60,0001aboveno doubt
S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS FY2025£2.8m0unclearno doubt
Making Space For Crafts Ltd FY2025£188k0aboveno doubt
ART SPACE FY2026£497k0unclearno doubt
LEARNING SPACE FY2025£1.2m0unclearno doubt

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