CARTWHEEL ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 519394 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARTWHEEL

Cartwheel Arts promotes social inclusion, cohesion, diversity and regeneration through community participation in vibrant, innovative, high-quality arts projects.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£489k

Latest spending

£442k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £50,327 in unrestricted funds for the year ended March 2025, with total income rising to £488,889. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £29,952, while designated reserves total £105,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the organisation if core funding were lost. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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: £30k; policy: three months of core running costs)

“The free reserves stand at £29,952. The trustees consider having this cushion as reasonable considering the current climate.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: A Trustee was paid £813 for a one-off training session.

“A Trustee was paid a total of £813 to deliver a one-off training session in 23/24. This work was approved by the remaining Trustees, in line with Article 6 of our Constitution.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A Trustee was paid £813 for a one-off training session in 23/24.

“A Trustee was paid a total of £813 to deliver a one-off training session in 23/24. This work was approved by the remaining Trustees, in line with Article 6 of our Constitution. The fee paid was in line with standard rates for equivalent training.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02161995

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

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.

GREER, Victoria — director, appointed 24/07/2024on trustee list
IRVING, Lauren — director, appointed 04/11/2023on trustee list
DAVIES, Gareth Michael — director, appointed 31/05/2022on trustee list
BROOME, Laura — director, appointed 16/05/2020on trustee list
MALACH, Alyson Rosemary — director, appointed 07/10/2007on trustee list
BEAL, Karen Jane — secretary, appointed 01/03/2026

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALYSON MALACHchair
Gareth Davies · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Broome
Lauren Irving
Victoria Greer

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£489k	£442k
31/03/2024	£400k	£319k
31/03/2023	£318k	£330k
31/03/2022	£391k	£375k
31/03/2021	£318k	£277k

Common questions

Is CARTWHEEL ARTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £50,327 in unrestricted funds for the year ended March 2025, with total income rising to £488,889. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stand at £29,952, while designated reserves total £105,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the organisation if core funding were lost. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CARTWHEEL ARTS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARTWHEEL ARTS LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST, SPOTLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, CURIOUS MINDS.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	FY2025	£3k	Social welfare institutions
SPOTLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	FY2025	£0
CURIOUS MINDS	FY2022	£0	Let's Create boxes

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/04/2025	£20k	Art & Soul - Art for Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/01/2024	£10k	Art & Soul
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	31/07/2023	£92k	"Crafting Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/08/2022	£10k	Art & Soul
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/03/2021	£10k	Art for Wellbeing
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/12/2019	£189k	Arts for a Reason
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/10/2019	£10k	Self-Made
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/10/2018	£63k	"Overspill: the heritage of Manchester's slum clearances to Darnhill and Langley"
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/09/2018	£10k	Creativity is Contagious
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/06/2015	£7k	Wellbeing Dominoes for Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/11/2012	£8k	Village Girl Packs
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/02/2010	£396k	Tell Us Another One
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/07/2005	£169k	Tell us another one