## **Arts For Life Project (UK)** Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Charity number 1182882 ## **Arts For Life Project (UK)** ## **Report of the Management Committee for the year ended 31 March 2025** The Management Committee presents its directors' report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Reference and Administrative Information** **Charity Name:** Arts for Life Project (UK) **Charity registration number:** 1182882 **Registered Office:** Forge House, Forge Lane, Northwood, Middx HA6 1DP **Operational Address:** Forge House, Forge Lane, Northwood, Middx HA6 1DP **Board of Trustees:** Penny Ericson Chair Jonathon Grosskopf Treasurer Emma Matthews Secretary John Cadman Jeff Rollason ## **Senior Management Team:** Beth Gevell Director **Bankers** Barclays Bank Plc, WEMBLEY & PARK ROYAL 2, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE87 2BB The Cooperative Bank, PO Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6TW ## **Our Aims and Objectives** ## Purposes and Aims Our charity's purpose, as set out in the objectives contained in the charity’s constitution, is to facilitate relief and support for challenged children and young people between the ages of 8 — 25 years old, including their families, carers and support networks. We do this primarily through using the integrative arts in therapy and education. We aim to: - To support challenged young people in transforming their lives using the therapeutic value of the Creative Arts - To make an impactful change to the everyday lives of challenged young people and their families by connecting, encouraging, empowering, building self-esteem and positivity, raising aspirations, enhancing wellbeing, and reducing isolation by providing a safe environment where they can relax, learn, and thrive - To improve quality of their lives by minimising the impact of their challenges and maximising their abilities - Offer specialised services that combine the arts with mental health support. - Make sure the support we offer is affordable and accessible for everyone in the community. - Promote proactive mental health development using an arts-based approach. - Develop and create opportunities for open communication for young people and their parents/carers - Build partnerships with other agencies and support services to share information, offer advice, and raise awareness, helping create new approaches to youth mental health. - Be fully inclusive by welcoming children and families from all backgrounds across the Greater London area. Our aims fully reflect the purposes that the charity was set up for. ## Ensuring our work delivers our aims We review our aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what we have achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous 12 months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to those groups of people we are set up to help. The review also helps us ensure our aims, objectives and activities remained focused on our stated purposes. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. ## The focus of our work Many young people face significant mental health challenges, including social isolation, depression, and anxiety. Our ongoing commitment is to support these vulnerable young people, along with their families, so they feel more connected and less isolated. Arts for Life remains dedicated to working with families experiencing mental health crises. Our efforts aim to reduce social withdrawal, discourage anti-social behaviours, and help prevent further health complications. Many of the young people we serve struggle daily with Austism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and other emotional disorders. ## The strategies we use to meet these objectives include: Providing a range of programmes which are reflective of our participants’ needs and address the potential problems related to special educational needs and mental wellbeing. Within a nurturing group setting, each session provides young people with a safe space to explore and benefit from the therapeutic impact of artistic expression. Through an array of enjoyable, relaxed activities, participants build emotional intelligence and develop proactive mental health skills—gently guided, yet subtly interwoven into every moment of fun and discovery. - Limiting the potential for isolation which comes with complex needs, not only for the individual but also their family, friends and support network - Working in partnership with other agencies to secure the widest range of services tobest match the needs of its participants. How our activities deliver public benefit Our main activities and who we try to help are described below. Our charity focuses on reducing social isolation and disengagement among young people aged 8 to 25. Our activities aim to lower mental health risks by providing inclusive, supportive spaces that foster connection and belonging. Guided by our charitable goals, we strive to achieve positive outcomes for young people, supporting their mental well-being and encouraging community involvement. Who uses and benefits from our services? Participants are 8-25 year olds who have social, emotional, behavioural & communication challenges. Our participant numbers over the period 2024 – 2025 continued to grow. This, as well as the increased needs of participants, has led us to continue to expand our staff and volunteers, the services we offer and our service days. Ouryoung people come to us with a wide range of challenges ICO Growth in demand for our services is steadily climbing We are meeting that demand with more and more Creative Crew sessions each week 2019 In 2024 – 2025, the charity continued to support the families and siblings of participants. This was through our "stay and chat" cafe where we have a parent/carer support worker, as well as through talks and parent/family well-being sessions. For next year, we are developing our café further, employing a co- ordinator to organise well-being sessions, promote the café to our users, and to secure speakers and help sessions for example from the Local Authority. ## Our services and benefits Our services provide a vital role within the community, supporting young people between 8-25 years and their families who find themselves on the margins of society due to mental health challenges, learning challenges and special educational needs. Our services offer both grant-funded spaces and paid-for spaces, means-tested to offer the service to the wider community. Through the therapeutic value of the creative arts, Arts for Life has made a significant difference in the lives of many challenged youngsters as the testimonials below demonstrate. What some of our users say.. r•nt able rothnknE. foreliD*thArtsk(LrWI￿feItl*eId￿￿￿fftin3rfy￿￿. I'ffl 758nd1￿￿8￿￿rnt￿ArtstsltsT0Tal￿Krf8￿E8[n[w. B8f[¥plstsrt￿JI￿￿.￿j￿CO￿￿I￿8v￿s￿￿{￿Y1o￿I ta￿mUc￿at5C1p￿QNStyu￿&IvknaR￿￿es*ryday.anL11a1wa￿srp1ti*epeoF1edId￿yre￿IyUn6erS[anL¢rne. I usedtog&toWsth1ffl8èalota￿J￿KrtesIjv£Q*M￿ (¥￿￿￿¥￿￿(￿￿tfy1fI￿5tsB&$[vL WhEpJlfvstcaffl&toCwti Crewlbvasnerwmls. buttheteamM*￿rBe[SarpswralWdY. Al>or*fD￿edrnerotat**Incoming resources**
Income from Charitable Services
2
_Activities for generating funds_
Operations
Investment income
4
_Incoming resources from_
**Total Income and endowments**
**Expenditure**
_Cost of generating funds_
Fund raising costs
5
Sub total cost of generating funds
_Charitable activities_
Cost of charitable activities
5
Governance costs
5
Exceptional Item
5
**Total Expenditure**
**Net income / (expenditure)**
**Reconcilliation of Funds**
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
**Transfer between funds**
**Fund Balances at 31 March**
**2025**
.
|**Total**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
169,602
105,458
**275,060**
**283,216**
183
-
**183**
**147**
**FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
**(INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)**|**Total**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
169,602
105,458
**275,060**
**283,216**
183
-
**183**
**147**
**FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025**
**STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
**(INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)**| |---|---|---| ||**Unres**
**Fu**

|| |||169,785
105,458
**275,243**
**283,363**| |||1,067
0
**1,067**
**257**| |||1,067
-
1,067
**257**
118,572
105,458
**224,030**
**213,068**
0
**0**
**1,050**
-
-
-
**0**| |||119,639
105,458
**225,097**
**214,375**| |||50,146
0
50,146
**68,988**
196,152
0
**196,152**
**127,164**| |||246,298
0
**246,298**
**196,152**| |||| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting standards for smaller entities The Company is exempt from audit under CA 2006, s.477 (small companies) The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with CA 2006, s 476 and The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of CA 2006 with respect to accounting records and preparation of the accounts. S. 472(2)-(3) These financial statements were approved by the members of the board of trustees on 2 September 2025 and are signed on their behalf by: **Penny Ericson** **Chair** ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **BALANCE SHEET (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)** ## **Consolidated and Charity Balance Sheets** ## **Year Ended 31st March 2025** |**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
9
**Current assets**
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors – amounts falling due within one year**
11
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Unrestricted funds**
General
12
**Restricted funds**
13
.|**Charity**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
-
-| |---|---| ||-
-| ||12,387
17,029
321,201
217,214| ||333,588
234,243| ||(87,290)
(38,091)| ||246,298
196,152| ||| ||246,298
196,152| ||246,298
196,152
-
-| ||**246,298**
**196,152**| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting standards for smaller entities The Company is exempt from audit under CA 2006, s.477 (small companies) The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of CA 2006 with respect to accounting records and preparation of the accounts. S. 472(2)-(3) These financial statements were approved by the members of the board of trustees on 2nd September 2025 and are **Penny Ericson Chair** ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **1. Accounting policies** The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)). The charity has applied Update Bulletin 1 as published on 2 February 2016 and does not include a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is applying FRS 102 Section 1A. The trustees anticipate that there will be sufficient unrestricted reserves for the charity to continue as a going concern and therefore the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of investments. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £1. The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated. The accounts have been prepared on the historic cost basis **Funds** Funds held by the charity are either: when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. ## **Income** Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income has been met, it is probable that income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Such income is only deferred when: Income from commercial trading activities is recognised as earned (as the related goods and services are provided). Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the general volunteer time of the Friends is not recognised and refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution. On receipt, donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt. ## **Interest receivable** Interest is included when receivable by the charity. ## **Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT** Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered. Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and has been included in those cost categories. Certain other costs, which are attributable to more than one activity, are apportioned across cost categories on the basis of an estimate of the proportion of time spent by staff on those activities. ## **Allocation of support costs** Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Support costs include back office costs, personnel and payroll. ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **Pension costs** The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company. The annual contributions payable are charged to the income and expenditure account. ## **Redundancy costs** Following the accrual accounting methodology, liabilities for redundancy and termination payments are recognised when the obligation to make the payment arises and not when the payments are made. ## **Governance costs** Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to statutory accounts and legal fees. ## **Operating leases** Rentals payable under operating leases are charged in the Statement of Financial Activities as incurred. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Tangible fixed assets are capitalised at cost and depreciated so as to write them off over their anticipated useful lives at the following annual rates, commencing in the year of acquisition: Fixtures and fittings 25% reducing balance Motor vehicles 25% straight line Computer and office equipment 25% straight line ## **Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year** Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure. ## **Cash at bank and in hand** Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account ## **Provisions** Provisions are recognised when the charity has an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of economic benefit will be required in settlement and the amount can be reliably estimated. ## **Tax** The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. ## **Legal status** Arts for Life UK is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is registered with the charities comission ## **Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty** In the application of the charitable accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. AGE CONCERN WOLVERHAMPTON TRADING AS AGE UK WOLVERHAMPTON COMPANY NO: 03088739 CHARITY NO: 1051232 ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **2 Income from charitable services** |Grants and service level agreement receivable
National Lottery
Grants other than National Lottery
Income from donations and fundraising
Income from Projects
Income from Clients|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
68,408
68,408
98,238
4,400
37,050
41,450
39,152
16,291
16,291
26,117
1,670
1,670
41,977
147,241
147,241
77,732| |---|---| ||169,602
105,458
275,060
283,216| ## **3 Operations** Operations revenue consists of contributions towards operating costs from service users |**4 Investment Income**
Interest on fixed and notice bank accounts|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
183
-
**183**
**147**| |---|---| ||183
-
183
147| **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities** Ths Charity undertakes direct charitable activities only and does not make grant payments. |Direct Charitable expenditure
Commercial trading operations
Cost of generating funds
Governance
Exceptional Items
Total resources expended|**Staff costs**
**Other Costs**
**2025**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
92,757 77,975 2,737 7,360 180,829 210,474
- - - - - -
- 1,067
1,067 1,094
- -
- 1,500
---**-**- -| |---|---| ||92,757 77,975 3,804 7,360 181,896 213,068| ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **Other costs** |**Premises costs :**
Accommodation (Rent/Utilities/Cleaning)
**Communications costs :**
Telephone & internet
Printing, postage & stationery
**General office costs :**
Staff & volunteers travel
Staff & volunteers expenses
Professional fees & subscriptions
Insurance
Repairs, maintenance & support contracts
Publications, advertising & recruitment
Training costs
General office & miscellaneous expenses
Vehicle costs
Equipment
Depreciation
Bad Debts
**Total costs**
Charitable Activities
Fundraising Costs
Governance||**2025**
**Unrestricted**
**£**
12,910|**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
7,664 20,574 19,775| |---|---|---|---| |||.
574
224|2,398
2,972 1,118
667
891 2,455| |||798|3,065 3,863 3,573| |||1,432
1,531
2,682
330
339
1,276
965
815
-
-|376
1,808
1,064
471
2,002
156
3,000
5,682
6,069
956
1,286
-
2,554
2,893
6,252
663
1,939
440
645
1,610
405
729
1,544
2
-
-
20,729
-
-
-
-
-
-| |||9,370|9,394
18,764
35,117| ||||| |||23,078|20,123
43,201
58,465| |||23,078
1,067|20,123
43,201
58,465
-
1,067
257
-
1,050| |||24,145|20,123
44,268
59,772| **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **7 Analysis of staff costs** |Salaries & wages
Social security costs
Pension Costs - Stakeholder Pension
Redundancy||**2025**
**Total**
**£**
132,536
6,503
2,917
-|**2024**
**Total**
**£**
146,348
5,926
2,329
-| |---|---|---|---| |||141,956|154,603| No employees had benefits in excess of £60,000 (2024 - no employees had employee benefits) . The average number of staff employed by the group during the financial year amounted to : 7 No trustees received any remuneration ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **8 Movement in total funds for the year** |**Operating surplus/deficit is stated after charging :**
Staff Pension Contributions
Depreciation
Accountancy Fees|**2025**
**£**
**2,917**
**-**
**4,844**
**7,761**|**2024**
**£**
**2,329**
**-**
**4,320**| |---|---|---| |||**4,320**| **9 Tangible fixed assets** ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **10 Debtors** |**Debtors**|| |---|---| |Trade debtors
Rent Deposit
Prepayments|**Charity**
**Charity**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
5,412
10,129
2,900
2,900
4,075
4,000| ||12,387
17,029| ## **11 Creditors - amounts falling due within one year** |**Creditors- amounts falling due**
**within one year**|| |---|---| |Trade creditors
Other creditors
Pensions Payable
Taxation & Social Security
Net Wages
Accruals & deferred income (*)|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
408
583
1,380
293
2,957
9,421
86,414
23,925
**Charity**| ||**87,290**
**38,091**| . AFLP year end consolidated accounts 24-25 ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **12 Reserves** |**Fund movements:-**
General fund :
Balance 01 April 2024:
Movement in fund for the year
Balance at 31 March 2025:|**2025**
**£**
-
196,152
50,146
246,298|**2024**
**£**
-
127,164
68,988| |---|---|---| |||196,152| ## **13 Restricted Funds** |The National Lottery
St James Place
Young Harrow Foundation
City Bridge
Hillingdon Council
Schreier Foundation
Tesco
Frustrated Communication
Harrow Change Makers
Jack Petchey
The balance of these grants is showed in
**Unrestricted Funds**
Girdlers
Pinner Rotary|**Balance b/f**
**Balance**
**01.04.2024**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers**
**31.03.2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
23,925
84,965
(68,408)
-
40,482
10,000
(935)
-
9,065
28,325
(28,325)
0
10,538
10,538
20,169
(3,000)
17,169
2,500
(55)
2,445
1,125
(1,125)
0
4,525
(1,810)
2,715
4,000
-
4,000
1,800
(1,800)
-
0
**Movement in Resources**| |---|---| ||23,925
167,947
(105,458)
-
86,414| ||deferred income in the creditors note and showed in note 16
**Balance b/f**
**Balance**
**01.04.2024**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**Transfers**
**31.03.2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
3,400
(3,400)
0
1,000
(1,000)
0
**Movement in Resources**| ||0
4,400
(4,400)
-
0| ## **Arts for Life Project (UK) COMPANY NO: CE017121 CHARITY NO: 1182882** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 31 MARCH 2025** ## **14 Pensions** The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in independantly administered funds. The pension charge represents contributions payable by the company to the funds within the year. At the year end £582, (2024 £1,380) were owing to the pension companies. The pension charge of £2,917 (2024 £2,329) was made in respect of contributions made by the company to funds within the year. ## **15 Financial commitments** As at 31 March 2025 the charity has annual commitments under non-cancellable leases as follows |Within 1 year
1 - 2 years
2 - 5 years|Land and Buildings
2025
£
-
-
-
-|Office Equipment
2025
£
-
-
-| |---|---|---| |||-| ## **16 Analysis of Charity net assets between funds** |**Tangible**
**Cash at bank**
**Other net**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2025**
**Funds**
**Fund**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**

321,201
-
**321,201**
11,511
(86,414)
**(74,903)**| |---|---| ||332,712
(86,414)
246,298| ## **17 Taxation** The company is a registered charity and no provison is considered necessary for taxation ## **18 Related Party Transactions** There were no transactions with related parties during the year and no balances outstanding with any related parties ## **19 Events after the balance sheet date** The trustees are monitoring the ever changing situation. The trustees are confident they have enough funds going forward ##