PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS

Registered charity 295324 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PAN CENTRE FOR INTERCULTURAL ARTS LIMITED, PAN PROJECT LIMITED

Pan works across cultures, faiths and experiences to use the arts to empower young people to effect change in their lives, both in the UK and internationally. We particularly focus on disadvantaged groups and individuals who feel they have no voice to express their problems and no routes to re-imagine themselves and their futures.

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Latest income
£469k
Latest spending
£449k
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £19,701 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £468,806 and total expenditure of £449,105. The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted funds reserves in the range of £75,000 to £125,000 to ensure financial resilience. The charity moved into a new centre in November 2025 to support its strategic development and increased operational capacity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of operating expenditure
“This is deemed to be in the range of £75,000 to £125,000, equivalent to approximately 3 to 6 months operating expenditure in the event of a wind-up of the charity's operations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pan (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2024)

Total income
£653k
Total spending
£640k
Reserves (reported)
£165k
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent · Suffolk · Throughout London · Vietnam

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£469k£449k
31/08/2024£653k£640k
31/03/2023£491k£512k
31/03/2022£521k£419k
31/03/2021£347k£335k

Common questions

Is PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small surplus of £19,701 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £468,806 and total expenditure of £449,105. The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted funds reserves in the range of £75,000 to £125,000 to ensure financial resilience. The charity moved into a new centre in November 2025 to support its strategic development and increased operational capacity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS as a grant recipient include LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES, THE BROMLEY TRUST, ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALESFY2022£52kTrafficking and Modern Slavery
THE BROMLEY TRUSTFY2022£15kHuman Rights
ST ANDREW HOLBORN AND STAFFORD'S CHARITYFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2026£20kFortune - A Refugee Arts Project
The National Lottery Community Fund01/08/2024£437kNext Generation: training of trainers with lived experience
The National Lottery Community Fund23/02/2024£20kFortune : a project for young adult refugees; asylum seekers and migrants
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2022£4kPan Talks
Greater London Authority (GLA)01/09/2022£18kGrant to Pan Intercultural Arts
Postcode Lottery26/02/2022£25kCore Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2020£94kPan Intercultural Arts
City Bridge Foundation26/09/2019£107kGrant to Pan Intercultural Arts Limited
Greater London Authority03/12/2018£129kYoung Londoners Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/2018£46k"Dining Out in London and History"
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2017£10kMeeting the Challenge
A B Charitable Trust24/01/2017£10kA grant to Pan Intercultural Arts
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/10/2015£36k"World Play London - games, stories and toys shared in London from across the world"
The National Lottery Community Fund27/08/2014£10kCHOICES (Pans Community Outreach Project)
City Bridge Foundation12/02/2014£2kEco audit to Pan Intercultural Arts Limited
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/02/2014£40k"Invisible Londons"
City Bridge Foundation12/01/2012£75kGrant to Pan Intercultural Arts Limited
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/11/2011£25k"Young Rights"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/10/2010£25k"Taste of Memory (It isn't only Fish'n'chips)"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2010£57kWeapon of Choice
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2009£10kSynergy Project - Fusing fractured communities with the energies of creativ
City Bridge Foundation26/03/2009£25kGrant to Pan Intercultural Arts Limited
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/01/2007£25k"Asylum Road"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£5kDrama and Training Therapy
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2005£42kDevelopment of MH/1/010048293

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 Panah Ltd..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAN INTERCULTURAL ARTS£469k—0unclear—no doubt
Panah Ltd. FY2025£117k—0unclear—no doubt
COVENTRY PANAHGHAR PROJECT FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt
THE PA FOUNDATION FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
H-PAN(HOPE FOR THE POOR AND NEEDY) FY2024£480k—0unclear—no doubt

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