TEES VALLEY ARTS

Registered charity 515369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLEVELAND ARTS

Tees Valley Arts is a charity that uses the arts to create social change. We believe that arts & culture create societies and offer challenges to the status quo. Communities have a right to tell their stories which reflect their past and will shape their future. We will act as a catalyst for all communities to become cultural producers, galvanising creative action and championing positive change.

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Latest income
£162k
Latest spending
£135k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity entered the new financial year in a secure position with £29,382 in free reserves and £120,000 of funding already secured for the following year. This financial position is against a predicted annual operating cost of £132,000 for the new financial year. The trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist 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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £29k)
At 31st March 2025 the level of free reserves was £29,382. This policy will be regularly reviewed by the Directors in the light of prevailing financial circumstances.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Darlington · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£162k£135k
31/03/2024£200k£176k
31/03/2023£123k£179k
31/03/2022£236k£259k
31/03/2021£245k£204k

Common questions

Is TEES VALLEY ARTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity entered the new financial year in a secure position with £29,382 in free reserves and £120,000 of funding already secured for the following year. This financial position is against a predicted annual operating cost of £132,000 for the new financial year. The trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£9kHistory in the Making: Redcar Peeps
UK government15/09/2023£6kALB-Historic England-History in the Making: Redcar Peeps
UK government13/10/2022£100kNational Portfolio Organisations
UK government13/10/2022£100kNational Portfolio Organisations
Northern Rock Foundation20/02/2014£3kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation23/08/2012£2kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation15/05/2012£101kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation08/12/2011£590Grant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
The National Lottery Community Fund21/01/2010£8kMoving On
Northern Rock Foundation15/01/2010£1kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation15/12/2009£75kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/03/2009£254k"Green TV"
Northern Rock Foundation06/10/2008£75kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2007£50k"Green Hearts"
Northern Rock Foundation29/01/2007£20kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation10/10/2006£157kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation22/06/2006£2kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation20/12/2005£15kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation11/07/2000£64kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation14/09/1999£71kGrant awarded to Tees Valley Arts (Tees Valley)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TEES VALLEY ARTS£162k0belowno doubt
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.2m0unclearno doubt
NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD FY2025£175k0unclearno doubt
ARTIS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.0m0unclearno doubt
BUNGAY ARTS AND THEATRE SOCIETY FY2025£347k0unclearmaterial uncertainty
ARTSWORK LIMITED FY2025£1.9munclearno doubt

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