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The Koestler Trust

Koestler Arts

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1105759
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 6, 2004
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
National

Address

Address
170 Du Cane Road
LONDON
W12 0TX

Activities

The Koestler Trust is the UK's leading charity for arts in prisons. Through awards, feedback, mentoring, outreach and involvement, it plays a unique national role in encouraging offenders, secure psychiatric patients and immigration detainees to take part in the arts, often transforming their lives. The Trust then brings prison arts to the public through exhibitions, publications and events.

Objects: 3) The Charity's Objects ("the Objects") Are For The Advancement Of The Arts And Education And For Purposes Beneficial To The Community:a) To Promote The Creative Enterprise Of Inmates And Former Inmates Of Prisons, Young Offender Institutions, Secure Units And Any Other Establishment For The Lawful Detention Of Individual Including Patients And Former Patients In High Security Psychiatric And Other Hospital Units In The United Kingdom ("the Institution") And Those Subject To Non-Custodial Orders In The United Kingdom And Person Subjected To Similar Regimes Outside The United Kingdom In The Fields Of The Visual And Performing Arts, Sciences, Crafts Or Trades By The Provision Of Awards To Such Persons And Groups Of Persons For Meritorious Work And The Exhibition Of Their Work; Andb) To Institute Or Support Worthwhile Artistic Or Creative Projects At Any Of The Institutions Which Aim To Stimulate The Education Or Skills Of Such Persons And To Assist In Their Rehabilitation And Resettlement In Society.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
What
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £964,272 £961,751 £1,844,951 14
March 31, 2024 £813,554 £849,148 £1,842,430 17
March 31, 2023 £1,436,714 £995,933 £1,878,024 21
March 31, 2022 £1,259,415 £882,024 £1,437,243 21
March 31, 2021 £1,406,892 £761,377 £1,059,852 17

Trustees

Name Appointed
Sir Richard Nicholas Heaton Kcb (Chair) March 11, 2021
Amy Frost March 27, 2025
Carrie Peters June 29, 2023
Dr Nora Laraki Dec. 9, 2021
Gary Anthony Badley March 23, 2023
Gary Mansfield June 26, 2019
Jeremy Deller July 22, 2025
Jasmin Booth Dec. 9, 2021
Page Nyame -Satterthwaite Dec. 9, 2021
Sally Bacon OBE Sept. 28, 2023
Thomas Robert Campbell Sept. 29, 2022