NEW BREWERY ARTS LIMITED

Registered charity 900036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BREWERY ARTS, BREWERY ARTS LIMITED, BREWERY COURT LIMITED, CIRENCESTER BREWERY ARTS, CIRENCESTER WORKSHOPS TRUST

New Brewery Arts connects people with the hand-made, promotes the joy and fulfilment of making and celebrates the role of craft and creativity in all our lives. We do this through free exhibitions, studios and public participation activities. Last year over 150,000 visited, we delivered 18,750 hours of participation (courses and classes) and provided opportunities to over 500 craftspeople.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an unrestricted deficit of £40,191, reducing free reserves to £42,850. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is below the stated policy target of £55,000–£110,000, a position attributed to the cost-of-living crisis and lack of core funding. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future.

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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: BREWERY ARTS (TRADING) LIMITED Companies House 02280161
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02388534

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.

• BERMINGHAM, Grace — director, appointed 12/06/2026on trustee list
• YARROW, Jessica Jane — director, appointed 01/02/2025on trustee list
• LONGLEY, Anita Jane — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• NOLES, Joanna — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• STYLES, Paul Keith — director, appointed 12/12/2024on trustee list
• FOOTNER, Cecily — director, appointed 16/05/2024on trustee list
• HOBBINS, Jeremy David — director, appointed 09/03/2023on trustee list
• RIDDINGTON, Andrew James — secretary, appointed 16/03/2023

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (56% 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: 53.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan Rixonchair
• Anita Jane Longley
• Cecily Footner
• Grace Elizabeth Bermingham
• Jeremy David Hobbins
• Jessica Jane Yarrow
• Joanna Noles · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Keith Styles · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Wiltshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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