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Registered charity · Hull

Back to Ours Arts Limited

Back to Ours Arts Limited is a registered charity (number 1197763) based in Hull, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by David Watson Jnr since 2023. Latest income £589k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £589k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City
Website
www.backtoours.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Back to Ours Arts Limited
Registered
2022

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£589k£552k
  • 2024£571k£541k
  • 2023£112k£85k

Income trend, 2023 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY, CRAFT AND MEDIA ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY?(A) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS IN THE DISTRICT OF KINGSTON UPON HULL AND REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY;(B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS.

Grants received

7 grants · £658,713 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £40,0002025-08-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £294,9422025-07-24
  • Backstage Trust £15,0002024-03-19
  • Two Ridings Community Foundation £5,0002023-06-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £10,0002023-05-04
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Disability 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 7Business services 1Health and social care 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£589k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

6 from 7 in 2024
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1197763
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 APR 2021
Companies House
Company number 13337774 · Active
Contact on the register
07442205524 · team@backtoours.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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