CASTLEFIELD GALLERY

Registered charity 515571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5050498 · Wikipedia · also known as CASTLEFIELD GALLERY LIMITED, MANCHESTER ARTISTS STUDIO ASSOCIATION

The charity provides an educational service using contemporary visual arts. It does so by presenting new and thought-provoking exhibitions, events, talks and workshops accessible by the public. Its talent development activities for emerging artists such as mentoring, training and other professional development facilities act to nurture creativity and connect them with audiences.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY FOSTERING AND PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, TASTE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, AND TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ARTS, THROUGHOUT THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: THE NORTH WEST OF ENGLAND.

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: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £186,390, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of a minimum £95,000. The charity reported net assets of £524,959 and total cash income of £334,618 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the organisation's finances are described as secure with confidence in continuing operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01838334

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• REDGRAVE, Gemma Victoria — director, appointed 08/09/2025on trustee list
• DELAMERE, Katie Georgina — director, appointed 20/11/2024on trustee list
• FLINT, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
• RANOTE, Sandeep, Professor — director, appointed 15/03/2022on trustee list
• ATTAH, Christina Mariama — director, appointed 25/03/2021on trustee list
• HAND, Ceri Sarah — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• KADRI, Alisha — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• LEWIS, Chara Anne, Ms. — director, appointed 21/05/2020on trustee list
• BOURKE, Margaret — director, appointed 26/09/2019on trustee list
• SLATCHER, Adrian George — director, appointed 07/02/2012on trustee list
• SLATCHER, Adrian George — secretary, appointed 29/11/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (58% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alisha Kadrichair
• ADRIAN SLATCHER
• Ceri Sarah Hand
• Chara Lewis
• Christina Mariama Attah
• Gemma Victoria Redgrave
• Katie Georgina Delamere
• Margaret Bourke
• Paul Flint
• Professor Sandeep Ranote

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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