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the watershed arts trust limited

The charity supports children and young people, other defined groups, and the general public. The Watershed Arts Trust Limited is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by carrying out other charitable activities. The charity is based in Bristol and operates in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Bristol City.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Watershed exists to provide opportunities for all to experience enjoy and learn about contemporary moving image media. Watershed is a media centre for the digital age offering a culturally diverse programme of work encompassing artists' commissions, residencies, on-line exhibition, touring programmes, festivals, events and a diverse programme of world cinema.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£6,555,080
Latest Expenditure
£6,473,304

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 75.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 76.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 25.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £934,934
Charitable Activities £3,376,068
Other Trading £2,043,943
Investments £200,135
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £4,940,491
Raising Funds £1,532,813
Governance £125,580
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£6,555,080£6,473,304£4,940,491£8,914,643£878,659118 / 0
2023£3,702,952£4,479,816£4,339,706£9,695,300£467,53355 / 0
2022£4,593,258£4,614,872£4,562,332£10,377,892£1,468,719101 / 0
2021£4,488,786£4,134,330£4,114,055£10,399,506£1,058,008109 / 0
2020£6,072,050£5,438,180£3,971,078£10,045,050£986,712101 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers