KIRKGATE ARTS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 6 November 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 06632306
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £596,276
Latest expenditure: £346,260
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Kirkgate Arts, Kirkgate, COCKERMOUTH, CA13 9PJ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Kirkgate Arts celebrates the arts and the creativity, culture and heritage of the communities of Cockermouth and the wider region of West Cumbria. At our venue, the Kirkgate Centre, we bring audiences, participants and diverse professional artists together and provide facilities and support to a wide range of other creative artists, community activities and businesses,

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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: 4 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £596,276
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,260

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: 12 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 12 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £361,774
Total Gross Expenditure: £307,608

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: 8 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 9 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £290,578
Total Gross Expenditure: £324,806

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: 21 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £240,094
Total Gross Expenditure: £223,328

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: 24 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 19 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £173,644
Total Gross Expenditure: £239,150

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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: 4 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £596,276
Total Gross Expenditure: £346,260
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £215,325
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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: 12 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £361,774
Total Gross Expenditure: £307,608
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Grants: £114,403
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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: 8 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £290,578
Total Gross Expenditure: £324,806
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £13
Income From Government Grants: £76,295
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
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: No
Count Volunteers: 80

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: 21 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £240,094
Total Gross Expenditure: £223,328
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 80

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: 24 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £173,644
Total Gross Expenditure: £239,150
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £12
Income From Government Grants: £140,655
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 82

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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: 4 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 20848
Income Other Trading Activities: 4517
Income Charitable Activities: 140929
Income Investments: 3582
Income Other: 426400
Income Total Income And Endowments: 596276
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £8,227
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £318,219
Expenditure Other: 19814
Expenditure Total: 346260
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 8863
Expenditure Support Costs: 10586
Expenditure Depreciation: 7868
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £607,117
Assets Total Fixed: 480570
Assets Own Use: 480570
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £175,684
Assets Total Liabilities: £48,184
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £608,070
Creditors One Year Total Current: 48184
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £137,616
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 607117
Funds Restricted: 953
Funds Total: 608070
Count Employees: 5
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cumbria
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

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

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: KIRKGATE ARTS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-11-06T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 OCTOBER 2008
Charitable Objects: TO PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE PROVISION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COCKERMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY THE DELIVERY OF (A) AND (B) ABOVE
Area Of Benefit: COCKERMOUTH

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Charity Policy

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Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures