LEICESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 3 February 1989
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02276987
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £2,429,770
Latest expenditure: £2,878,956
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Phoenix, Phoenix Square, 4 Midland Street, LEICESTER, LE1 1TG

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Our vision is to enrich lives and celebrate diversity and ambition in film and art. Our mission is to be a dynamic artistic and creative centre where everyone can enjoy, learn about and make inspirational film and art; enriching individual lives and stimulating economic growth in Leicester and beyond. (Leicester Arts Centre operates under the brand name Phoenix).

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: 2 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 2 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,429,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,878,956

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: 17 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,484,942
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,653,714

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 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,532,102
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,731,580

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: 30 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,273,839
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,649,123

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: 1 February 2022
Date Accounts Received: 1 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,956,512
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,356,949

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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: 2 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,429,770
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,878,956
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £261,111
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: No
Count Volunteers: 2

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: 17 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,484,942
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,653,714
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £194,000
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: 2

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 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,532,102
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,731,580
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £215,370
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 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2

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: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £5,273,839
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,649,123
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: £4
Income From Government Grants: £239,370
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 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 2

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: 1 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,956,512
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,356,949
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: £1
Income From Government Grants: £215,370
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 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

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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: 2 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 749004
Income Other Trading Activities: 947683
Income Charitable Activities: 649391
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 83692
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2429770
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £490,609
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,388,347
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2878956
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 11996
Expenditure Support Costs: 11996
Expenditure Depreciation: 279385
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £414,220
Assets Total Fixed: 8066576
Assets Own Use: 8066574
Assets Long Term Investment: 2
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £306,212
Assets Total Liabilities: £386,214
Assets Current Investment: 19094
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £7,986,574
Creditors One Year Total Current: 373714
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 12500
Assets Cash: £287,118
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 414220
Funds Restricted: 7572354
Funds Total: 7986574
Count Employees: 50
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: 17 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 904176
Income Other Trading Activities: 877723
Income Charitable Activities: 614690
Income Investments: 1397
Income Other: 86956
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2484942
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £411,865
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,241,849
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2653714
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4583
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 175276
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £609,172
Assets Total Fixed: 8345961
Assets Own Use: 8345961
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £479,907
Assets Total Liabilities: £390,108
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £8,435,760
Creditors One Year Total Current: 319275
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 70833
Assets Cash: £359,922
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 614554
Funds Restricted: 7821206
Funds Total: 8435760
Count Employees: 49
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 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 4810586
Income Other Trading Activities: 325236
Income Charitable Activities: 326217
Income Investments: 797
Income Other: 69266
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5532102
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £208,196
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,523,384
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1731580
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4511
Expenditure Support Costs: 4511
Expenditure Depreciation: 21405
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £967,490
Assets Total Fixed: 8410919
Assets Own Use: 8410919
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £607,029
Assets Total Liabilities: £413,416
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £8,604,532
Creditors One Year Total Current: 300916
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 112500
Assets Cash: £0
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 967490
Funds Restricted: 7637042
Funds Total: 8604532
Count Employees: 46
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: 30 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 4631819
Income Other Trading Activities: 324698
Income Charitable Activities: 260229
Income Investments: 43
Income Other: 57050
Income Total Income And Endowments: 5273839
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £182,153
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,466,970
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1649123
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4511
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 27925
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £979,919
Assets Total Fixed: 4158012
Assets Own Use: 4158012
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,776,782
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,130,784
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,804,010
Creditors One Year Total Current: 972080
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 158704
Assets Cash: £1,197,230
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 979919
Funds Restricted: 3824091
Funds Total: 4804010
Count Employees: 46
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: 1 February 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 1654924
Income Other Trading Activities: 135568
Income Charitable Activities: 27398
Income Investments: 10
Income Other: 138612
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1956512
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £170,469
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,186,480
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1356949
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4511
Expenditure Support Costs: 4511
Expenditure Depreciation: 35649
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £617,299
Assets Total Fixed: 852198
Assets Own Use: 852198
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £739,427
Assets Total Liabilities: £412,331
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,179,294
Creditors One Year Total Current: 198400
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 213931
Assets Cash: £514,545
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 617299
Funds Restricted: 561995
Funds Total: 1179294
Count Employees: 42
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Leicester City
Welsh Ind: No

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: LEICESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1989-02-03T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/07/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/1988AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/01/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/06/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/07/2015
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION GENERALLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, FILM, SINGING, MUSIC, POETRY AND THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF ETHNIC EVENTS AND EVENTS WITHIN ANY COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMME AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 18980
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: PHOENIX ARTS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures