Culture& Arts and Heritage

Registered charity 801111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CULTURAL CO-OPERATION, CULTURAL CO-OPERATION EDUCATION PROGRAMME, CULTURE&, Culture&, LONDON DIASPORA CAPITAL, MUSIC VILLAGE

Arts and Educational Activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO NATIONALITY, RACE, SEX, SEXUALITY, DISABILITY OR POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£523k
Latest spending
£571k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a negative net expenditure of £47,723 for the year, resulting in total charity funds decreasing to £137,414. The trustees acknowledge that the underlying financial situation is still pressured and that free reserves of £36,612 are below the stated policy target of £44,000 to £88,000. Despite these pressures, the trustees maintain that the charity can continue as a going concern due to secured core funding and liquid assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months operating costs (approximately £44,000 - £88,000) (reserves figure: £37k)
“The charity seeks to retain three to six months operating costs in reserves which is approximately between £44,000 and £88,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees received training funded by the charity
“Trustees received training on the cost of charity, which totalled £2,359 (2024: 2,673)”
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.

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

  • Government income: £38,996 — contracts £38,996 (1); 7% of the £523,320 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Government income: £17,750 — contracts £17,750 (1); 6% of the £305,664 total gross income on the same return

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

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

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

Total income
£523k
Total spending
£571k
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£37k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£523k£571k
31/03/2024£522k£444k
31/03/2023£306k£320k
31/03/2022£311k£278k
31/03/2021£414k£358k

Common questions

Is Culture& Arts and Heritage financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a negative net expenditure of £47,723 for the year, resulting in total charity funds decreasing to £137,414. The trustees acknowledge that the underlying financial situation is still pressured and that free reserves of £36,612 are below the stated policy target of £44,000 to £88,000. Despite these pressures, the trustees maintain that the charity can continue as a going concern due to secured core funding and liquid assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Culture& Arts and Heritage?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Culture& Arts and Heritage as a grant recipient include BAGRI FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BAGRI FOUNDATIONFY2023£698kGrants to institutions - Culture

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government21/09/2023£25kFeasibility
UK government20/10/2022£230kTransfer Programme
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/05/2020£39k"COVID19: Cultural Cooperation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/02/2017£750k"The New Museum School"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/05/2013£1.0m"Strengthening our Common Life by nurturing heritage skills (SOCL)"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/05/2010£643k"Strengthening our Common Life by nurturing heritage skills"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/03/2003£409k"Cultural Co-operation Year Round Education Project"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SILENT UPROAR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Culture& Arts and Heritage£523k—0unclear—no doubt
SILENT UPROAR FY2025£187k—0unclear—noted
WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED FY2026£229k—0above—no doubt
Cultural Philanthropy Foundation Limited FY2025£39k——unclear—no doubt
ALL & SUNDRY PRODUCTIONS FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
CHISENHALE ART PLACE LIMITED FY2025£324k—0unclear—no doubt

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