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

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) (held: £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.

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 YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Culture& Arts and Heritage£523k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
SPECIAL SPIRITS FY2025£490k—0unclear4.7%no doubt
MW (GK) FOUNDATION FY2024£261kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£175k—0unclear—no doubt

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