CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST

Registered charity 802835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST

Receives grants and proceeds of fund raising activities to award grants to young artists and other arts related organisations and educational establishments

Objects

TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR THE INHABITANTS OF CHELSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA) IN THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS.

Area of benefit: CHELSEA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£61k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £624,212, a slight decrease from the previous year's £624,570. The charity reports a significant drop in voluntary donations to £13,772 from £146,908, though it maintains sufficient liquidity to meet immediate cash flow requirements for future grant making.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kensington And Chelsea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£61k£61k
05/04/2024£185k£77k
05/04/2023£191k£55k
05/04/2022£244k£75k
05/04/2021£100k£55k

Common questions

Is CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £624,212, a slight decrease from the previous year's £624,570. The charity reports a significant drop in voluntary donations to £13,772 from £146,908, though it maintains sufficient liquidity to meet immediate cash flow requirements for future grant making. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST as a grant recipient include THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kThe Arts
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kThe Arts

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 BCH TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST£61k—0unclear—no doubt
BCH TRUST FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAYFIELD VALLEY ARTS TRUST FY2025£110k—0no_policy—no doubt
THE CONCERT ARTISTES ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
ART SPACE FY2026£497k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHESS TRUST FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt

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