MIND THE GAP

Registered charity 328476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principle activitiy of the company was the provision of live theatre and arts with and for disabled people.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, LITERATURE, SINGING AND MUSIC. 2. TO RELIEVE HANDICAPPED PERSONS FROM THEIR DISABILITIES BY EMPLOYING AND ENGAGING THEM UPON ARTISTIC PROJECTS CALCULATED TO DEVELOP QUALITIES IN THEM OR SELF AWARENESS, SELF CONFIDENCE, CREATIVITY AND ARTICULATION.

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: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remained financially sustainable despite a net expenditure of £238,561 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total reserves to £383,578. The trustees report that free reserves of £335,088 remain above the stated policy target of £180,000, covering three months of average operating costs. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Creative Foundation Fund — “New Funding from the Creative Foundation Fund” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Valerie Anne Robinson
• Emma Gee
• Jamie Saye
• Lisa Mallaghan
• Susan Gillian Moreland

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ZION ARTS CENTRE LIMITED.

• ZION ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £1.4m
• DANTE OR DIE THEATRE LIMITED income £303k
• CITY ARTS (NOTTINGHAM) LTD income £222k
• AWEN CULTURAL TRUST income £7.1m
• CHINA PLATE THEATRE LIMITED income £752k
• NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY income £6.9m

Side by side with its peers

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