# KING LEAR ARTS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1194586
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 25, 2021
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1194586


## Contact

- **Address:** KING LEAR ARTS, OFFICE 704, 19-21 CRAWFORD STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1H 1PJ
- **Phone:** 0
- **Email:** support@kinglearprizes.org
- **Website:** www.kinglearprizes.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY OFFERING OR PROMOTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS.‘ACTIVE PARTICIPATION’ MEANS PARTICIPANTS CREATING OR PERFORMING WORKS THEMSELVES, RATHER THAN VIEWING, LISTENING TO, OR OTHERWISE CONSUMING WORKS CREATED OR PERFORMED BY OTHERS.‘CREATIVE ARTS’ MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: CRAFTS, DANCE, DESIGN, DIGITAL ARTS AND MEDIA, FILM, LITERATURE (INCLUDING CREATIVE WRITING AND POETRY), MUSIC, OPERA, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATRE, THE VISUAL ARTS, AND CROSS-ARTS PRACTICES.

**Activities:** King Lear Arts runs activities to encourage active participation in the arts, particularly focused on older people in the UK. Our flagship activity is the King Lear Prizes arts competition, which takes entries from amateurs across the country.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £0 | £7087 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £41477 | £39714 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £66 | £1378 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3828 | £8674 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Andrew Browning** (Chair) — appointed May 25, 2021
- Anneliese Gilchrist — appointed May 25, 2021
- Harriet Rudd-Jones — appointed May 25, 2021
- Henry Bowen — appointed May 25, 2021