BOW ARTS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 6 June 1995
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03031923
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £5,051,179
Latest expenditure: £3,693,675
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 183 BOW ROAD, LONDON, E3 2SJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.bowarts.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Bow Arts provides over 400 artists with affordable, secure and creative workspace across east London. It manages an exciting London-wide education programme, improving the lives and attainment of thousands of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Bow Arts also runs a contemporary exhibition space - the Nunnery Gallery - and a varied events and community engagement programme.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £5,051,179
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,693,675

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 28 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 28 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,592,543
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,890,689

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,189,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,601,375

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 25 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 25 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,778,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,137,444

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 21 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,117,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,737,706

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £5,051,179
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,693,675
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £51,216
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,592,543
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,890,689
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £51,216
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,189,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,601,375
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £61,215
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 120001 130000: 1
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,778,874
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,137,444
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £407,575
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 135

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,117,358
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,737,706
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Contracts: 30537
Income From Government Grants: £456,592
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 7

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 971061
Income Other Trading Activities: 316460
Income Charitable Activities: 3643503
Income Investments: 61403
Income Other: 58752
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5051179
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £28,843
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,374,473
Expenditure Other: 290359
Expenditure Total: 3693675
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 94521
Expenditure Support Costs: 520539
Expenditure Depreciation: 44103
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £5,141,943
Assets Total Fixed: 3666994
Assets Own Use: 3666994
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,485,195
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,834,407
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £5,317,782
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1594869
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1239538
Assets Cash: £3,820,836
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 5141943
Funds Restricted: 175839
Funds Total: 5317782
Count Employees: 29
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 28 November 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 843801
Income Other Trading Activities: 374080
Income Charitable Activities: 2234164
Income Investments: 27183
Income Other: 113315
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3592543
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £18,174
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,466,777
Expenditure Other: 405738
Expenditure Total: 2890689
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 83878
Expenditure Support Costs: 457131
Expenditure Depreciation: 49230
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £3,726,430
Assets Total Fixed: 3688476
Assets Own Use: 3688476
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £2,874,162
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,600,985
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,961,653
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1232799
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1368186
Assets Cash: £2,183,148
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 3726430
Funds Restricted: 235223
Funds Total: 3961653
Count Employees: 28
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 957223
Income Other Trading Activities: 399751
Income Charitable Activities: 1817923
Income Investments: 14552
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3189449
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,206,289
Expenditure Other: 395086
Expenditure Total: 2601375
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 83356
Expenditure Support Costs: 428847
Expenditure Depreciation: 25333
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £2,967,088
Assets Total Fixed: 3734844
Assets Own Use: 3734844
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,877,652
Assets Total Liabilities: £2,352,697
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,259,799
Creditors One Year Total Current: 849705
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1502992
Assets Cash: £1,316,843
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2967088
Funds Restricted: 292711
Funds Total: 3259799
Count Employees: 26
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 25 November 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 966200
Income Other Trading Activities: 208392
Income Charitable Activities: 1591620
Income Investments: 12662
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2778874
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,908,358
Expenditure Other: 229086
Expenditure Total: 2137444
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 95543
Expenditure Support Costs: 367995
Expenditure Depreciation: 23406
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £909,984
Assets Total Fixed: 738852
Assets Own Use: 738851
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,696,196
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,763,323
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,671,725
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1150374
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 612949
Assets Cash: £2,824,390
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2470984
Funds Restricted: 200741
Funds Total: 2671725
Count Employees: 21
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 875254
Income Other Trading Activities: 136751
Income Charitable Activities: 1088765
Income Investments: 12224
Income Other: 4364
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2117358
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £23,143
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,641,141
Expenditure Other: 73422
Expenditure Total: 1737706
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 69452
Expenditure Support Costs: 367995
Expenditure Depreciation: 11084
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £941,000
Assets Total Fixed: 12462
Assets Own Use: 12461
Assets Long Term Investment: 1
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £3,258,979
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,196,909
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,074,532
Creditors One Year Total Current: 854614
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 342295
Assets Cash: £2,137,128
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1849209
Funds Restricted: 225323
Funds Total: 2074532
Count Employees: 21
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BOW ARTS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1995-06-06T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10/03/1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 DEC 2017 as amended on 20 Oct 2022 as amended on 06 Feb 2023
Charitable Objects: (I) the provision and maintenance of an art gallery or art space for exhibition to the public of modern and fine art, design and applied art and of work done by students and emerging artists;(II) the promotion and encouragement of the education of the public in the arts, through an art gallery or art galleries, art spaces and elsewhere;(III) the education of children, students and teaching staff in the arts in schools and other educational establishments; and(IV) the relief of poverty amongst emerging artists by the provision of studio space in which they may create art and by the provision of residential accommodation for emerging artists and their partners and/or dependents.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 258908
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: THE NUNNERY GALLERY

Charity Name Id: 258897
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BOW ARTS EDUCATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management