LAKELAND ARTS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 22 July 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08162578
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £2,923,451
Latest expenditure: £3,266,006
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kirkland, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5AL

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Lakeland Arts operates Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House and the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry in the Lake District, Windermere Jetty Museum ,

03 Official extract

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: 17 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,923,451
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,266,006

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: 31 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,807,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,416,384

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: 26 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,803,654
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,268,982

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: 18 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 18 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,743,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,835,157

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: 17 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,248,213
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,190,501

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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: 17 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,923,451
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,266,006
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £592,156
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 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 96

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: 31 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,807,803
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,416,384
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £514,348
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 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 148

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: 26 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,803,654
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,268,982
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Grants: £621,933
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 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 148

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: 18 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £2,743,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,835,157
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 1
Count Volunteers: 16

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: 17 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,248,213
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,190,501
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £615,077
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 5

05 Official extract

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: 17 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 944105
Income Other Trading Activities: 1030566
Income Charitable Activities: 775285
Income Investments: 24247
Income Other: 149248
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2923451
Income Legacies: 66667
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,230,810
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,035,196
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3266006
Expenditure Investment Management: 83
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 45815
Expenditure Support Costs: 917515
Expenditure Depreciation: 206833
Gain Loss Investment: 4293
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 83000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 17035919
Assets Own Use: 16642109
Assets Long Term Investment: 393810
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 83000
Assets Other Assets: £294,474
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,755,741
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £15,657,652
Creditors One Year Total Current: 461412
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1294329
Assets Cash: £27,271
Funds Endowment: 515000
Funds Unrestricted: -509594
Funds Restricted: 15652246
Funds Total: 15657652
Count Employees: 80
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: 31 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 884639
Income Other Trading Activities: 1049236
Income Charitable Activities: 727894
Income Investments: 21265
Income Other: 124769
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2807803
Income Legacies: 52416
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,420,699
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,995,685
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3416384
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 25944
Expenditure Support Costs: 380171
Expenditure Depreciation: 177366
Gain Loss Investment: 50790
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 22000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 17214694
Assets Own Use: 16787889
Assets Long Term Investment: 426805
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £623,409
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,925,191
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £15,912,912
Creditors One Year Total Current: 675137
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1250054
Assets Cash: £233,325
Funds Endowment: 515000
Funds Unrestricted: -433534
Funds Restricted: 15831446
Funds Total: 15912912
Count Employees: 81
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: 26 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 947877
Income Other Trading Activities: 490554
Income Charitable Activities: 601517
Income Investments: 20536
Income Other: 743170
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2803654
Income Legacies: 20749
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,158,876
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,110,106
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3268982
Expenditure Investment Management: 12
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 33746
Expenditure Support Costs: 98048
Expenditure Depreciation: 196729
Gain Loss Investment: -22518
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £16,639,361
Assets Total Fixed: 17841488
Assets Own Use: 17115255
Assets Long Term Investment: 726233
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -22000
Assets Other Assets: £333,061
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,513,188
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £16,639,361
Creditors One Year Total Current: 272303
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1240885
Assets Cash: £165,786
Funds Endowment: 547860
Funds Unrestricted: 72913
Funds Restricted: 16018588
Funds Total: 16639361
Count Employees: 75
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: 18 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1548767
Income Other Trading Activities: 628046
Income Charitable Activities: 454585
Income Investments: 22041
Income Other: 89867
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2743306
Income Legacies: 6812
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £947,495
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,887,662
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3835157
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 33746
Expenditure Support Costs: 33746
Expenditure Depreciation: 851048
Gain Loss Investment: 6080
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 94000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 18138711
Assets Own Use: 17375984
Assets Long Term Investment: 762727
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -340000
Assets Other Assets: £585,344
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,507,848
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £16,876,207
Creditors One Year Total Current: 263660
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1244188
Assets Cash: £420,890
Funds Endowment: 585000
Funds Unrestricted: -21382
Funds Restricted: 16312589
Funds Total: 16876207
Count Employees: 55
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: 17 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 2747657
Income Other Trading Activities: 163773
Income Charitable Activities: 310051
Income Investments: 26702
Income Other: 30
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3248213
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £635,534
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,554,967
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2190501
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 31693
Expenditure Support Costs: 31693
Expenditure Depreciation: 43168
Gain Loss Investment: 43600
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 56000
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -1153493
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 19134871
Assets Own Use: 18227033
Assets Long Term Investment: 907838
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -435999
Assets Other Assets: £786,248
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,617,142
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £17,867,978
Creditors One Year Total Current: 376309
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 1240833
Assets Cash: £631,652
Funds Endowment: 585000
Funds Unrestricted: -80689
Funds Restricted: 17363667
Funds Total: 17867978
Count Employees: 70
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: LAKELAND ARTS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-07-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 JUL 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08/07/2013 as amended on 13 Jun 2025 as amended on 19 Dec 2025
Charitable Objects: 1. The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science and for the conservation of the environment and heritage of Cumbria, including by: the establishment and maintenance of public art galleries and museums for the benefit of the public to include the care, management and display of the permanent collections of the trust at the Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, the Lakeland Museum and Windermere Jetty Museum, established by declaration of trust dated 9th August 1957 and subsequently amended by multiple deeds of variation and now known as ‘The Lakeland Arts Trust’ (‘the Original Trust’) and any other collections, groupings, displays or individual items from any other body;2. The advancement of the education of the public by the aid, establishment, funding, or sponsorship of bursaries, scholarships or grants to any person or persons, institution, association or corporate body for the purpose of furthering the Objects of the Company;3. Such other public charitable purposes tending to advance artistic, historical or intellectual interests in the said area which can conveniently be promoted in combination with the purpose aforesaid; and4. Such other charitable objects as the company shall from time to time determine.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures