CRESCENT ARTS

Registered charity 513099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRESCENT ARTS WORKSHOP

Artists development training and education. Educational workshops and training and exhibition of work and studio space.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND AN INTEREST, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF SCARBOROUGH AND BEYOND. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CONSTITUTION.

Area of benefit: SCARBOROUGH AND BEYOND

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£111k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves stood at £71,176, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to four months of unrestricted running costs. The charity reported a net income of £40,799 for the year, driven primarily by grants from Arts Council England and North Yorkshire Council. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to four months of unrestricted running costs (held: £71k)

“The level of reserves is in line with our commitment to hold approximately 3 months unrestricted running costs and maintains reserves to the lower end of the range of 3-4 months expenditure in line with the charity's reserves policy.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 4
Government income: £79,073 — grants £79,073 (2); 71% of the £111,048 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 2
Government income: £93,947 — contracts £8,000 (1), grants £85,947 (2); 100% of the £94,374 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Government income: £99,551 — grants £99,551 (7); 93% of the £106,909 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr James Boadenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Rebecca Pamela Gee
Victoria Louise Burns

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£111k	£70k
31/03/2024	£94k	£93k
31/03/2023	£107k	£105k
31/03/2022	£101k	£98k
31/03/2021	£85k	£86k

Common questions

Is CRESCENT ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total reserves stood at £71,176, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding three to four months of unrestricted running costs. The charity reported a net income of £40,799 for the year, driven primarily by grants from Arts Council England and North Yorkshire Council. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/08/2023	£29k	"Always Been Here"
UK government	13/12/2021	£71k	National Portfolio Organisations
UK government	01/04/2020	£71k	Crescent Arts NPO 2018-2022
UK government	08/06/2017	£71k	National Portfolio Organisations

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£52k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£40k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£37k
JEWISH CHILD'S DAY	1	£15k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£10k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	1	£8k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRESCENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

CRESCENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £67k
ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN income £335k
THE CRESCENT INSTITUTE income £76k
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
SYDENHAM ARTS LTD income £34k
DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE income £645k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CRESCENT ARTS	£111k	—	within	—	no doubt
CRESCENTS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£67k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS THERAPIES FOR CHILDREN FY2025	£335k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CRESCENT INSTITUTE FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt
SYDENHAM ARTS LTD FY2026	£34k	—	unclear	—	noted

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