THE BLUECOAT

Registered charity 700862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLUECOAT ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.5m

Registered

1988

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.5m

Cost of raising funds

£1.3m

Reserves (reported)

£235k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Peter Malcolm Mearnschair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr MICHAEL BIRCHALL
Gabriella Chauke
JAMIE EASTMAN
Philomena Harrison · trustee of 2 other charities
RALPH BULLIVANT
Rachel Duncan
SRI SARKER
Sally-Anne Watkiss · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.3m	£2.5m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£2.6m
31/03/2023	£2.2m	£2.8m
31/03/2022	£2.9m	£2.6m
31/03/2021	£1.8m	£1.8m

Common questions

Who funds THE BLUECOAT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BLUECOAT as a grant recipient include DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST, SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE RAINFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	FY2024	£8k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2022	£4k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2024	£3k
THE RAINFORD TRUST	FY2023	£1k

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	02/11/2023	£211k	"The Bluecoat: A Cultural Heritage for Liverpool"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/03/2020	£209k	"Bluecoat Echoes and Origins"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/11/2015	£257k	"My Bluecoat"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/05/2006	£41k	"Where History and Imagination Come Together"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/03/2004	£2.4m	"Bluecoats Arts Centre"