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2025-03-31-accounts

Company Registration Number - 11768366

The Charity Registration Number is :- 1183955

Arts & Homelessness International

Report and Accounts

31 March 2025

Arts & Homelessness International

Report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Contents

Page
Charity information 1
Trustees' Annual Report 1
Statement of directors' responsibilities 10
Independent Examiner's Report 11
Funds Statements:-
Statement of Financial Activities 13
Statement of Financial Activities - Prior Year statement 14
Movements in funds 15
Income and Expenditure account 15
Balance sheet 16
Notes to the accounts 17

Arts & Homelessness International

Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

The Trustees present their Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, which also comprises the Directors' Report required by the Companies Act 2006.

Reference and administrative details

The charity name.

The legal name of the charity is:- Arts & Homelessness International.

The charity is also known by its operating name, With One Voice.

The charity's areas operation and UK charitable registration.

The charity is registered in England & Wales with the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) with charity number 1183955.

The charity does not operate in any overseas jurisdictions.

Legal structure of the charity

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, registered under the Companies Acts . The governing document of the charity is the Memorandum and Articles of Association establishing the company under company legislation.

There are no restrictions in the governing documents on the operation of the Charity or on its investment powers other than those imposed by Charity Law.

By operation of law all, trustees are directors under the Companies Act 2006 and all directors are trustees under Charities legislation and have responsibilities, as such, under both company and charity legislation. The trustees are all individuals.

The principal operating address, telephone number, email and web addresses of the charity are:-

Old Diorama Arts Centre

201 Drummond Street, London NW1 3FE

Telephone - 02070 121400

Email Address matt@artshomelessint.com Web address WWW.artshomelessint.com

The registered office of the charity for Companies Act purposes is:-

Union House

111 New Union Street, Coventry CV1 2NT

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Arts & Homelessness International

Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

The Trustees in office on the date the report was approved were:-

B Knowles

H Jacobson (appointed 24th October 2024)

P Palavathanan

A Palavathanan

S Shukry

R Schutt

T Henderson

L Meredith

R Hadley

The following persons also served as Trustee during the year ended 31 March 2025:-

M Patel (resigned 22 October 2025)

At the Annual General Meeting Rachel Hadley and Lucinda Meredith retire as trustees, but are eligible for reappointment.

Objects and activities of the charity

The purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document.

  1. The advancement of the arts, in particular amongst those who are homeless or have been homeless, through research, training, advocacy, exchanges, conferences, artistic projects and events and in other such ways the trustees may from time to time determine.

  2. To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society through increasing access to the arts. for the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or part of society, as a result of being homeless or having been homeless.

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the year.

Arts & Homelessness International is the network for the arts and homelessness sector, bringing positive impacts to people, projects and policy in the arts and homelessness community. We aim to connect and strengthen these communities through events, exchanges, research, training and participatory democracy policy projects.

Our total activities include:

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Outputs Number
Events and exchanges:
 A 3-day International arts and homelessness Summit at Old Diorama
Arts Centre
 Monthly network meetings for the arts and homelessness community
 Peer networks (the Arts and Social Outcomes Network; the University
Peer Network on Homelessness; the Council Co-creation Group; the
30 events
Medway Co-creation Scrutiny Group; the Cultural Spaces and
Homelessness Peer Network
 Venice Biennale – 2 of our Associate Leaders won British Council
Fellowships to work at the Biennale for a month each
 South American A/H Hub meetings; African A/H Hub Meetings and
Asian A/H Hub Meetings
 Other events including a Homeless Link and Haringey Council event
Training:
 Co-creation
 Cultural Spaces and Homelessness
 How to Create an Arts and Homelessness Project 88 trainings
 Associates Leadership Programme
 Professional Development for Creatives in Medway
 1-2-1 advice for creatives with lived experience and projects
Research:
 London School of Economics Archive Project 1 research project
Policy:
 Legislative Theatre workshops
 Housing Rights LT project on prevention of homelessness for women 5 policy projects
who are the victim of domestic abuse
Total outputs 126
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Arts & Homelessness International

Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

The main activities undertaken during the year to further the charity's purpose for the public benefit.

In terms of public benefit, the following activities from the outputs above contribute to that purpose:

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Outputs Number
Events and exchanges:
 A 3-day International arts and homelessness Summit at Old 150 people attended
Diorama Arts Centre
 Venice Biennale 90 people attended
 Other events including a Homeless Link and Haringey Council event 110 people attended
Training:
 Co-creation 540 people attended
 Cultural Spaces and Homelessness 59 people attended
 How to Create an Arts and Homelessness Project 31 people attended
 Associates Leadership Programme 8 people trained
121 people attended final
showcase
 Professional Development for Creatives in Medway 15 people attended
 1-2-1 advice for creatives with lived experience and projects 59 people attended
Policy:
 Legislative Theatre workshops 120 people attended
 Housing Rights LT project on prevention of homelessness for 200 people attended
women who are the victim of domestic abuse
Total public benefit attendance 1,503
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The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in managing the activities of the charity.

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Arts & Homelessness International

Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

The main achievements and performance of the charity during the year.

• We won 3 awards including the Experts Citizens Leadership Award (a national award about excellence in co-creation and voted on by people with lived experience). The other awards were for our Legislative Theatre project in Medway in 2024 from Kent Housing and Medway Council

• We co-created local and national policy through projects in Northern Ireland and Medway. The Northern Ireland project with Housing Rights resulted in changes made by government, law courts and the police to how women were supported through instances of domestic abuse to help prevent them from going into homelessness.

• We set up 3 global knowledge exchange hubs in Latin America, Africa and Asia

• We trained 23 leaders who are/have been homeless (8 from our Associates Leadership Programme and another 15 from a new professional development programme in Medway) . 2 Associate became British Council Fellows at the Venice Biennale.

• We produced our 3rd International Arts and Homelessness Summit with speakers from 5 continents, 50% of whom were or had been homeless

The difference the charity's performance during the year has made to the beneficiaries of the charity.

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Outcome Result Notes/quotes
People
8 creatives with lived experience of
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Outcome
Result
Notes/quotes		 Outcome
Result
Notes/quotes		 Outcome
Result
Notes/quotes
People
8 creatives with lived experience of
Increase in
knowledge and skills		 homelessness took part in the Associates
Leadership Programme: A year of
professional development.
83% of Associates increased in knowledge
& skills
2 Associates were selected to take part at
the Venice Biennale on British Council
fellowships.
We also worked with a new cohort of 15
creatives on a professional development
programme in Medway		 ‘Working with AHI has changed my life
in so many ways, the networking,
counselling support, support with
funding and opportunities they have
given me have been so helpful and
amazing. Thank you all so much’

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Increase in well-being
67% of Associates reported an increase in
well-being
‘I found it so valuable to slow down and
spend time together, reflecting and
sharing, and offering each other ways
to move forward, especially in this
community... I realise how much
energy and courage I’m building, to
come as I am.’		 Increase in well-being
67% of Associates reported an increase in
well-being
‘I found it so valuable to slow down and
spend time together, reflecting and
sharing, and offering each other ways
to move forward, especially in this
community... I realise how much
energy and courage I’m building, to
come as I am.’		 Increase in well-being
67% of Associates reported an increase in
well-being
‘I found it so valuable to slow down and
spend time together, reflecting and
sharing, and offering each other ways
to move forward, especially in this
community... I realise how much
energy and courage I’m building, to
come as I am.’
Increase in Agency 83% of Associates increased in agency
Increase in Resilience
83% of Associates increased in resilience
It was a challenging year for some of
the cohort since 50% had current
housing issues while they were on the
programme. Despite this all of them
stayed in the programme.
Employment 100% of Associates gained professional
work as a result of the programme
61% of AHI’s budget went to people who
are or have been homeless (an increase of
10% in the previous year)		 Paid opportunities including for AHI
and British Council, for training
opportunities and presentations and
council work with our Legislative
Theatre programme
Projects
Connections made Our 3rd International Summit was included
an audience of 150 members of the
community over 3 days (48 speakers, 25 of
whom were homeless from 16 countries
across 6 continents); around 70% attendees
were homeless or unwaged).
The Summit included 12 panel discussions
from arts and homelessness and the
environment to research, funding, women,
quality, artist training, financial inclusion,
trauma – all sessions co-created with the
community
Organisations said they 'didn't feel alone
anymore'.		 Impacts included
-A new Photographic Guideline for the
Homelessness Sector created by
partners
-A new peer network for artists working
the sector led by partners in USA and
UK;
-AHI’s Jigsaw of Homeless Support
has inspired a new research project
with Northumbria Uni which was
presented
-A new Quality Framework began to be
co-created at the Summit

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Projects strengthened We trained 712 projects and individuals
which is the most in any one year.
Our co-creation training in particular was
very popular together with our new Radical
Governance training which resulted in
bookings at other conferences (Homeless
Link and Clore Governance Conferences)
and at least 3 other organisations paying
trustees after the training.		 ‘It was the best session led by people
with lived experience I have ever been
to’
Policy
Policy change/
systems change
New Resource on Paying Trustees
published
Free on AHI’s website and used by
many orgs
Legislative Theatre Project created several
policy changes including:
Introduction and Development of Domestic
Abuse Officers in each Northern Ireland
Housing Executive office
Legal and Policing Reforms – Accessibility
and Affordability of Legal Protections –
including training for police and waivers for
court fees for women who have been the
victim of domestic abuse
A more integrated system where women
only have to tell their story once
These are all major changes in
national and local legislation which
follows 3 other projects where we led a
process where people with lived
experience were able to effect policy
change (in the creation of Medway,
Coventry and Haringey Homelessness
Strategies)
‘I’m humbled to be here representing
all the women who came before and
who will come afterwards’
‘This has been live-change – to be part
of a process where change will happen
has been unforgettable’
We won a bid to deliver 9 more LT projects
over 3 years by Esmee Fairbairn
Foundation for a National Roll-out

The degree to which the achievements and performance during the year have benefited wider society.

The biggest public societal impacts we have made are through

A) Our Radical Governance work – we had over 50k engagements when we announced that we had received permission from the charity commission to pay our trustees. This turned into a publicly available resource on our website and a training programme. These have reached hundreds of people and organisations and now other organisations are paying their trustees.

B) The Legislative Theatre project in Northern Ireland has already produced at least 3 major pieces of policy change with the government, the courts, the police and the domestic abuse network. This will have a profoundly positive effect on the way women are supported through the horrors of domestic abuse and may result in fewer women being made homeless through the experience.

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Structure, governance and management of the charity

The methods used to recruit and appoint new charity trustees.

The charity follows the following procedure in recruiting and appointing new charity trustees (as set out in our Board Procedure and Process Policy)

• The Nominations Committee is responsible on behalf of the Board for the recruitment process

• It is chaired by a Trustee other than the Co-Chair of the Board and will include at least three Trustees, one of which will chair the committee

The following procedure is a combination of recommendations from the Charity Commission and other sources:

1) The Co-Chairs should evaluate current skills, knowledge and experience (a ‘Skills Audit’) and in the light of this prepare a simple description of role and capabilities required for a particular appointment or appointments.

2) The trustee position is advertised through charity’s communications channels and networks and individuals may also be approached directly to apply.

3a) In circumstances where the Nominations Committee feel that they have found a suitable candidate through their channels, the process continues from 4 below

3b) In circumstances where there are multiple possible candidates, interview(s) will be conducted chaired by a member of the Nominations Committee and containing members of the board, staff, beneficiaries of the charity and other stakeholders

4) On selection of their preferred candidate, the Nominations Committee Chair will solicit opinions of the other board members about the suitability of the candidate(s) with a view to proposing their election to the board. If satisfied, the Chair can then invite the prospective trustee to the next board meeting at which point they are voted onto the board.

5) Prior to prospective Trustees attending their first board meeting as candidate members, candidates are asked to confirm their eligibility to act as Trustees and to provide the particulars required for them to be registered with the Charity Commission – and to meet the expectation of this board to contribute time, talent and treasure.

6) At the Board meeting in which the suitable candidate(s) are invited, they will be appointed in line with either Article 32 or 34 of the Articles of Association, depending on whether the next Board meeting is an Annual General Meeting or quarterly board meeting.

7) Any Trustees appointed under Article 34 will need to be reappointed under Article 32 at the next Annual General Meeting.

The composition of the board sends out important signals about the values of the organisation. Commitment to equal opportunities (of motivational as well as reputational importance) is undermined if the board does not follow the same guiding principles as the organisation itself. The company seeks to be fully representative with 50% of the board and staff comprised of people who are or have been homeless and with co-chairs and codirectors.

Bankers

Co-operative Bank, Business Accounts, PO Box 4931, Swindon, SN4 4PL

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Financial review

The charity's financial position at the end of the year ended 31 March 2025

The financial position of the charity at 31 March 2025 and comparatives for the prior period, as more fully detailed in the accounts, can be summarised as follows:-

Restricted Revenue Funds
Total Funds
Unrestricted Revenue Funds available for the
general purposes of the charity
Net income		 2025
£
49,607
42,482
-
42,482		 2024
£
(25,829)
(8,363)
1,238
(7,125)

Financial review of the position at the reporting date, 31 March 2025 .

The trustees consider the financial performance by the charity during the year to have been satisfactory. The charity is making good progress in building up reserves despite a challenging financial environment for all charities.

Policies on reserves.

The Trustees consider the level of reserves that is prudent for Arts & Homelessness International to have annually. Consideration will be given to current and future commitments, staff payments and any other significant factors that should be taken into account were the company to close.

Reserves can only be used by the charity with agreement by the board. As of Sept 2019, the board has indicated that it would like Arts & Homelessness International to work towards having reserves equivalent to 3 months of wind down costs (salaries and fixed costs). This figure has been calculated at £40,000 so the charity has currently met that target and aims to maintain it.

Availability and adequacy of assets of each of the funds

The board of trustees is satisfied that the charity's assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund. Overall, the charity has diversified its funding streams well over the course of the last few years and is trying to raise more funds through earned income and individual giving to build financial resilience and spread risk.

Details of The Independent Examiner

Matthew Brown Member of CIPFA Bluecoat Chambers

College Lane Liverpool

L1 3BX

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Company Registration Number - 11768366

Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2025

Statement of the Directors' and Trustees' Responsibilities

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the terms of the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Notwithstanding the explicit requirement in the extant statutory regulations,the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the SORP 2005, in view of the fact that the SORP 2005 has been withdrawn, the Trustees determined to interpret this responsibility as requiring them to follow current best practice and prepare the accounts according to the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), .

In particular, the Companies Act 2006 and charity law require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to :-

to presume that the charity will continue in business;

recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material

departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

The law requires that the trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for the year.

The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are also responsible for the contents of the Trustees' report, and the statutory responsibility of the Independent Examiner in relation to the Trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that , on the face of the report, there are no material inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements.

Method of preparation of accounts - Small company provisions

The financial statements are set out on pages 13 to 27.

The financial statements have been prepared implementing the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016)

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 10 December 2025.

R Hadley

Director and Trustee

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Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of the charitable company on the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the charitable company on pages 13 to 27 for the year ended 31 March 2025 which have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) as modified by FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out on page 17.

Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and the Independent Examiner and the basis of the report

As described on page 10, you, the charitable company's Trustees, who are also the Directors of the Company for the purposes of Company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and all other applicable law and with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, applicable to smaller entities, and for being satisfied that the financial statements give a true and fair view.

The Trustees consider that the audit requirement of Section 144(1) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply, and that there is no requirement in the memorandum and articles of the charity for the conducting of an audit, and that the accounts do not require an audit in accordance with Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006. As a consequence, the Trustees have elected that the financial statements be subject to independent examination.

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements are not required to be audited under any legal provision, or otherwise, and are eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:-

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement and scope of work undertaken

Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000, the charitable company's examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am an authorised member of CIPFA, which is one of the listed bodies.

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under s145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act setting out the duties of an independent examiner in relation to the conducting of an independent examination. An independent examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charitable company and of the accounting systems employed by the charitable company and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking explanations from you, as Trustees, concerning such matters. The purpose of the examination is to establish as far as possible that there have been no breaches of charity legislation and that, on a test basis of evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures made, the financial statements comply with the SORP.

The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and information supplied by the Trustees in the course of the examination is not subjected to audit tests or enquiries and does not cover all the matters that an auditor would consider in arriving at an opinion. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide

Consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements, and in particular, I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the affairs of the charity, and my report is limited to the matters set out in the statement below.

I planned and performed my examination so as to satisfy myself that the objectives of the independent examination are achieved and before finalising the report I obtained written assurances from the Trustees of all material matters.

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Independent Examiner's Statement, Report and Opinion

Subject to the limitations upon the scope of my work as detailed above, I have completed my examination: and can confirm that:-

The accounts of this charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006;

The gross income of the charitable company in the year ended 31 March 2025 appears to exceed the sum specified in Section 145(3) of the Act, namely £250000, and that I am qualified to act as Independent Examiner in accordance with that section by virtue of my being a qualified member of CIPFA;

This is a report in respect of an examination carried out under 145 of the Act and in accordance with Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act which may be applicable;

and that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:-

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by Section 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and Section 130 of The Charities Act 2011;

the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination;

have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles set out in the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Signed:-

Matthew Brown - Independent Examiner CIPFA Bluecoat Chambers College Lane Liverpool L1 3BX

This report was signed on 10 December 2025

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Arts & Homelessness International - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Statement of Financial Activities (including the Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2025, as required by the Companies Act 2006)

Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
Charitable activities
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income for the year
Net income after transfers
Reconciliation of funds:-
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net movement in funds		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
178,308
28,812
207,120
156,275
156,275
50,845
50,845
50,845
(8,363)
42,482		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
115,173
-
115,173
116,411
116,411
(1,238)
(1,238)
(1,238)
1,238
-		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
293,481
28,812
322,293
272,686
272,686
49,607
49,607
49,607
(7,125)
42,482		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
255,346
17,212
272,558
298,387
298,387
(25,829)
(25,829)
(25,829)
18,857
(6,972)

As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the brought forward and carried forward funds above have been agreed to the Balance Sheet.

A separate Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses is not required as this statement includes all recognised gains and losses.

All activities derive from continuing operations

The notes attached on pages 17 to 27 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Arts & Homelessness International - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Arts & Homelessness International - Analysis of prior year total funds, as required by paragraph 4.2 of the SORP

Income & Endowments from:
Donations & Legacies
Charitable activities
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total expenditure
Net income for the year
Net income after transfers
Reconciliation of funds:-
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net movement in funds		 Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
191,996
17,212
209,208
236,275
236,275
(27,067)
(27,067)
(27,067)
18,857
(8,210)		 Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
63,350
-
63,350
62,112
62,112
1,238
1,238
1,238
-
1,238		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
255,346
17,212
272,558
298,387
298,387
(25,829)
(25,829)
(25,829)
18,857
(6,972)

All activities derive from continuing operations

A separate Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses is not required as this statement includes all recognised gains and losses.'

The notes attached on pages 17 to 27 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Arts & Homelessness International - Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025

Movements in revenue and capital funds for the year ended 31 March 2025

Revenue accumulated funds

Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
Accumulated funds brought forward
(8,363)
50,845
42,482
Closing revenue funds
42,482
Summary of funds
Unrestricted
and
Designated funds
2025
£
Revenue accumulated funds
42,482
Recognised gains and losses before
transfers		 Restricted
Funds
2025
£
1,238
(1,238)
-
-
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-		 Total
Funds
2025
£
(7,125)
49,607
42,482
42,482
Total
Funds
2025
£
42,482		 Last year
Total Funds
2024
£
18,857
(25,829)
(6,972)
(6,972)
Last Year
Total Funds
2024
£
(6,972)

Arts & Homelessness International

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the Companies Act 2006

Income
Income from operations
Refunds from HMRC on gift aided donations
Gross income in the year before exceptional items
Gross income in the year including exceptional items
Expenditure
Charitable expenditure, excluding depreciation and amortisation
Depreciation and amortisation
Governance costs
Interest payable
Total expenditure in the year
Tax on surplus on ordinary activities
Retained surplus for the financial year
Net income after tax in the financial year
Net income before tax in the financial year		 2025
£
311,087
11,206
322,293
322,293
268,659
488
3,339
200
272,686
49,607
-
49,607
49,607		 2024
£
266,039
6,519
272,558
272,558
294,430
524
3,433
-
298,387
(25,829)
-
(25,829)
(25,829)

All activities derive from continuing operations

In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, the headings and subheadings used in the Income and Expenditure account have been adapted to reflect the special nature of the charity's activities.

The notes attached on pages 17 to 27 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Arts & Homelessness International - Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
Debtors
11
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
12
Net current assets
The total net assets of the charity
Restricted funds
Restricted Revenue Funds
16
Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted Revenue Funds
16
Total charity funds
The total net assets of the charity are funded by the		 2025
2024
£
£
-
488
47,774
13,990
31,664
3,767
79,438
17,757
(36,956)
(25,370)
42,482
(7,613)
42,482
(7,125)
-
1,238
-
1,238
42,482
(8,363)
42,482
(8,363)
42,482
(7,125)
funds of the charity, as follows:-

As required by paragraph 4.60 of the SORP, the brought forward and carried forward funds above have been agreed to the SOFA..

The directors are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The charity is subject to Independent Examination under charity legislation, and the report of the Independent Examiner is on page 12.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

R Hadley

Trustee

Approved by the board of trustees on 10 December 2025

The notes attached on pages 17 to 27 form an integral part of these accounts.

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Accounting policies

Policies relating to the production of the accounts.

Basis of preparation and accounting convention

The accounts have been prepared on the accruals basis, under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102, (effective 1st January 2016) and 'FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), published by the Charity Commission in England & Wales (CCEW) , and in accordance with all applicable law in the charity's jurisdiction of registration, except that the charity has prepared the financial statements in accordance with the FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities) 2019, applicable to all accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 2019), (The SORP), in preference to the previous SORP, the SORP 2005, which has been withdrawn, notwithstanding the fact that the extant statutory regulations, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 refer explicitly to the SORP 2005. This has been done to accord with current best practice.

Risks and future assumptions

The charity is a public benefit entity.

Policies relating to assets, liabilities and provisions and other matters.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at their original cost value, or subsequent revaluation, or if donated, as described above. Cost value includes all costs expended in bringing the asset into its intended working condition.

Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets to their anticipated residual value over their estimated useful lives.

Computers 33% straight line

Financial instruments including cash and bank balances

Cash held by the charity is included at the amount actually held and counted at the year end. Bank balances, whether in credit or overdrawn, are shown at the amounts properly reconciled to the bank statements.

Fund Accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

There are no Designated funds.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal or as implied by law.

There are no endowment funds.

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

2 Liability to taxation

The Trustees consider that the charity satisfies the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the Charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by chapter 3 part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively on the specific charitable objects of the charity and for no other purpose. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the charity, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

3 Winding up or dissolution of the charity

If upon winding up or dissolution of the charity there remain any assets, after the satisfaction of all debts and liabilities, the assets represented by the accumulated fund shall be transferred to some other charitable body or bodies having similar objects to the charity.

4 Significance of financial instruments to the charity's position

There are no significant implications of such matters.

5 Net surplus before tax in the financial year

2025
£
The net surplus before tax in the financial year is stated after charging:-
Depreciation of owned fixed assets
488
Pension costs
3,596
6
Interest payable
2025
£
Interest payable
200
7
Staff costs and emoluments
Salary costs
2025
£
Gross Salaries excluding trustees and key management personnel
143,553
Employer's National Insurance for all staff
10,439
3,596
Total salaries, wages and related costs
157,588
The estimated full time equivalent number of all staff employed in the year was
4
The estimated equivalent number of full time staff deployed in different activities in the year was:-
Engaged on charitable activities
4
The estimated full time equivalent number of all staff employed as above
4
Employer's operating costs of defined contribution pension schemes		 2024
£
524
4,155
2024
£
-
2024
£
163,445
12,534
4,155
180,134
4
4
4

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them have received any remuneration from the charity or any related entity, either in the current or prior year.

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

Two employees, K Langford and S Said received £3000 each for their participation in a project funded by Social Change NEST. The grossed up amount of these payments are included in additional staff payments in employee costs not included in direct costs.

No employees received emoluments (excluding pension costs) in excess of £60,000 per annum.

8 Remuneration and payments to Trustees and persons connected with them

No trustees or persons connected with them received any remuneration from the charity, or any related entity.

9 Trustees' expenses

The expenses reimbursed to trustees, or paid directly to third parties, in the current or prior year, was as shown below.

The amount reimbursed to trustees
The nature of the trustees' expenses was travel and subsistence.		 2025
£
263		 2024
£
-

The number of trustees' to whom expenses were reimbursed was 2.

10 Tangible fixed assets

Current Year
Cost
At 1 April 2024
At 31 March 2025
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2025
Net book value
At 31 March 2025
At 31 March 2024
11 Debtors
Trade debtors
Other debtors		 Computers
£
3,107
3,107
2,619
488
3,107
-
488		 2025
£
47,774
-
47,774		 Total
£
3,107
3,107
2,619
488
3,107
-
488
2024
£
13,770
220
13,990

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Bank loans and overdrafts
Trade creditors
Accruals
PAYE, NIC VAT and other taxes
Other creditors
13 Income and Expenditure account summary
At 1 April 2024
Surplus after tax for the year
At 31 March 2025		 2025
£
2,311
16,123
6,323
11,485
714
36,956
2025
£
(6,972)
49,607
42,635		 2024
£
-
19,595
3,000
-
2,775
25,370
2024
£
18,857
(25,829)
(6,972)

14 Related party transactions

There were no transactions with related parties in the year.

15 Particulars of how particular funds are represented by assets and liabilities

At 31 March 2025
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
At 1 April 2024
Tangible Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current Liabilities		 Unrestricted
funds
£
79,438
(36,956)
42,482
Unrestricted
funds
£
488
16,519
(25,370)
(8,363)		 Designated
funds
£
-
-
Designated
funds
£
-
-
-
-		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
Restricted
funds
£
-
1,238
-
1,238		 Total
Funds
£
79,438
(36,956)
42,482
Total
Funds
£
488
17,757
(25,370)
(7,125)

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

16 Change in total funds over the year as shown in Note 15 , analysed by individual funds

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted Revenue Funds
Total unrestricted and designated funds
Restricted funds:-
2024 restricted balance
Total restricted funds
Total charity funds		 Funds brought
forward from
2024
£
(8,363)
(8,363)
1,238
1,238
(7,125)		 Movement in
funds in 2025
See Note 17
£
50,845
50,845
(1,238)
(1,238)
49,607		 £
-
-
-
-
-
Transfers
between
funds in 2025		 Funds carried
forward to
2026
£
42,482
42,482
-
-
42,482

17 Analysis of movements in funds over the year as shown in Note 16

Unrestricted and designated funds:-
Unrestricted Revenue Funds
Restricted funds:-
2024 restricted balance
Medway Council UKSPF
The Linbury Trust
Social Change NEST
Social Change NEST		 Income
2025
£
207,120
-
19,173
36,000
30,000
30,000
322,293		 Expenditure
2025
£
(156,275)
(1,238)
(19,173)
(36,000)
(30,000)
(30,000)
(272,686)		 Other
Gains &
Losses
2025
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Movement
in funds
2025
£
50,845
(1,238)
-
-
-
-
49,607

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Arts & Homelessness International

Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

18 The purposes for which the funds

Unrestricted and designated funds:-

Unrestricted Revenue Funds

These funds are held for the meeting the objectives of the charity, and to provide reserves for future activities, and, subject to charity legislation, are free from all restrictions on their use.

Restricted funds:-

Medway Council UKSPF The Linbury Trust Social Change NEST Social Change NEST

This grant was towards a professional development programme for creatives with lived experience of homelessness from Medway. This grant was in two parts: £30k was for the Associates Leadership Programme which is an annual programme of professional development for 8 creatives who are or have been homeless. £6k was for the chartity's These grants were received towards salary costs.

19 Ultimate controlling party

The charity is under the control of its legal members.

Every member of the charity is obliged to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £10 to the assets of the company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member.

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Arts & Homelessness International

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the SORP 2015

This analysis is classsified by conventional nominal descriptions and not by activity.

20 Donations, Grants and Legacies

Current year
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2025
2025
£
£
Donations and gifts from individuals
6,102
-
11,206
-
46,000
-
63,308
-
Current year
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2025
2025
£
£
90,000
-
-
19,173
-
-
90,000
19,173
Revenue grants from government and public bodies - Prior Year analysis
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024
2024
£
£
Prior Year
91,750
3,350
Refunds from HMRC on gift aided donations
Small donations individually less than £1000
Total public sector revenue grants
Arts Council England
Medway Council UKSPF
Total donations and gifts from individuals
Revenue grants from government and
public bodies
Wolverhampton Council
David Wise		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
6,102
11,206
46,000
63,308
Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
90,000
19,173
-
109,173
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
95,100		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
11,227
6,519
27,500
45,246
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
90,000
3,350
1,750
95,100

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Arts & Homelessness International

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the SORP 2015

5
Current year Current year Current year Prior Year
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Total Funds
Funds Funds
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Revenue grants and donations from non
public bodies
Social Change NEST - 30,000 30,000 -
The Albert Hunt Trust 5,000 - 5,000 5,000
Stavros Niarchos Foundation - - - 30,000
The Linbury Trust - 36,000 36,000 30,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation 20,000 - 20,000 46,000
Social Change NEST - 30,000 30,000 -
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - - - 4,000
Total private sector revenue grants 25,000 96,000 121,000 115,000
Revenue grants and donations from non public bodies (Include Gift Aid donations from subsidiaries) - Prior
Year analysis
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
Prior Year
55,000
178,308
Prior year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
191,996
21 Income from charitable activities - Trading Activities
Current year
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
Primary purpose and ancillary trading
28,812
28,812
Total Primary purpose and ancillary trading
Total Donations, Grants and Legacies
Total Donations, Grants and Legacies
Services and consultancy provided		 Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
55,000		 Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
60,000		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
115,000		 255,346
Prior Year
Total funds
2024
£
17,212
17,212
115,173
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
63,350
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-		 293,481
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
255,346
Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
28,812
28,812

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Arts & Homelessness International

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the SORP 2015

22 Total Income from charitable activities

Current year
Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
Total income from charitable trading
28,812
Total from charitable activities
28,812
Expenditure on charitable activities - Direct spending
Current year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
71,951
4,901
1,619
10,108
29,755
6,720
1,793
3,593
Total direct spending
130,440
Prior Year
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
12,637
23,000
-
-
-
Total direct spending
215,771
Event expenses
Hardship & hive of hubs
Freelance & associate fees
Fundraising costs
Freelance & associate fees
Event expenses
Hardship & hive of hubs
Fundraising costs
Travel and Subsistence - Charitable Activities
Gross wages and salaries - charitable activities
Employers' NI - Charitable activities
Defined contribution pension costs - charitable activities
Travel and Subsistence - Charitable Activities		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-
Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
71,602
5,538
1,977
-
31,294
-
-
-
110,411
Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
4,914
39,514
12,672
1,848
3,164
62,112		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
28,812
28,812
Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
143,553
10,439
3,596
10,108
61,049
6,720
1,793
3,593
240,851
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
17,551
62,514
12,672
1,848
3,164
277,883		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
17,212
17,212
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
163,445
12,534
4,155
17,551
62,514
12,672
1,848
3,164
277,883

23 Expenditure on charitable activities - Direct spending

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Arts & Homelessness International

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the SORP 2015

24 Support costs for charitable activities

Current year
Current year
Current Year
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2025
2025
£
£
Employee costs not included in direct costs
4,310
-
4,400
6,000
Administrative overheads
608
-
1,830
-
3,701
-
855
-
3,138
-
Professional fees paid to advisors other than the auditor or examiner
2,303
-
Financial costs
663
-
200
-
488
-
Support costs before reallocation
22,496
6,000
Total support costs - Current Year
22,496
6,000
Bank charges
Depreciation & Amortisation in total for the period
Staff wellbeing, welfare & access
Postage, stationery & printing
Additional staff payments
Equipment expensed
IT, software & website
Communications & marketing costs
Accountancy fees other than examination or audit fees
Insurance
Interest payable		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
4,310
10,400
608
1,830
3,701
855
3,138
2,303
663
200
488
28,496
28,496		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
2,629
-
566
288
5,711
801
3,848
2,191
513
-
524
17,071
17,071

25 Other Expenditure - Governance costs

Current Year
Independent Examiner's fees
Trustees' expenses
Total Governance costs		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
3,076
263
3,339		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
-
-
-		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
3,076
263
3,339		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
3,433
-
3,433

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Arts & Homelessness International

Detailed analysis of income and expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025 as required by the SORP 2015

26 Total Charitable expenditure

Current Year
Total direct spending
Total support costs
Total Governance costs
Total charitable expenditure
Prior Year
Total direct spending
Total support costs
Total Governance costs
Total charitable expenditure		 Current year
Unrestricted
Funds
2025
£
130,440
22,496
3,339
156,275
Prior Year
Unrestricted
Funds
2024
£
215,771
17,071
3,433
236,275		 Current year
Restricted
Funds
2025
£
110,411
6,000
-
116,411
Prior Year
Restricted
Funds
2024
£
62,112
-
-
62,112		 Current year
Total Funds
2025
£
240,851
28,496
3,339
272,686
Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
277,883
17,071
3,433
298,387		 Prior Year
Total Funds
2024
£
277,883
17,071
3,433
298,387

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