CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY

Registered charity 290703 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£148k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £33,338 for the year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(218,766) primarily due to investment revaluations. The trustees report maintaining sufficient free reserves to meet future commitments, with unrestricted funds totaling £519,260. The charity received an unqualified audit opinion confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient free reserves... to provide for the future commitments (held: £519k)
The Trustees have maintained sufficient free reserves of their unrestricted funds to provide for the future commitments referred to above. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ms L Reid is a trustee and member of Underwood Solicitors LLP, which charged legal fees.
L Reid is a trustee and also a member of Underwood Solicitors LLP. During the year ended 9 April 2025 Underwood Solicitors LLP charged the museum £22,103 (2024: £27,720) in respect of legal fees and disbursements. — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Aspen Waite Chartered Certified Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
09/04/2025£148k£114k
09/04/2024£160k£149k
09/04/2023£116k£113k
09/04/2022£111k£110k
09/04/2021£98k£89k

Common questions

Is CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £33,338 for the year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(218,766) primarily due to investment revaluations. The trustees report maintaining sufficient free reserves to meet future commitments, with unrestricted funds totaling £519,260. The charity received an unqualified audit opinion confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Aspen Waite Chartered Certified Accountants.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/12/1997£151k"Turner, Loss of an East Indiaman - Acquisition"

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARLEY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY£148k0aboveno doubt
THE HARLEY FOUNDATION FY2025£518k£70,001 - £80,0001unclearno doubt
CUBITT ARTISTS LIMITED FY2025£350k0unclearno doubt
ARNOLFINI GALLERY CIO FY2025£1.6munclearno doubt
THE SHOWROOM GALLERY LTD. FY2025£409k0aboveno doubt
THE HOLBURNE MUSEUM FY2025£3.7m£100,001 - £110,000unclearno doubt

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