CLOCK HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 293804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide affordable studios for artists in all disciplines, particularly in sculpture who are able to use the on-site bronze foundry. Provide work experience and residencies for school children, art students and artists. Work with mental health groups. Organise exhibitions, art classes, visits to the studios to meet the artists and watch a bronze pour. We exhibit widely and hold Open Weekends.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION IS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£46k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £1,313.50 for the year ended 31st October 2025. Free reserves increased from £3,655.18 to £4,968.68 during the period. The trustees report that all running costs are up to date and the charity has been running well.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income received from artists (100% of income)
“Income received from artists 47,642.96”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to Butley Mills, which is the location/landlord associated with the charity's address and name (Butley Mills Studios).
“Rent to Butley Mills (£16,380.00)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£48k£46k
31/10/2024£40k£46k
31/10/2023£48k£50k
31/10/2022£37k£32k
31/10/2021£31k£32k

Common questions

Is CLOCK HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £1,313.50 for the year ended 31st October 2025. Free reserves increased from £3,655.18 to £4,968.68 during the period. The trustees report that all running costs are up to date and the charity has been running well. 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 Fund30/03/2006£5kArt workshops

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST OXFORDSHIRE ARTS ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CLOCK HOUSE ARTS ASSOCIATION£48k—0unclear—no doubt
WEST OXFORDSHIRE ARTS ASSOCIATION FY2026£30k——unclear—no doubt
CLOCKHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025£458k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY FY2025£2.1m——above—no doubt
SOUTH HOUSE SILVER WORKSHOP TRUST FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt

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