ARUN ARTS COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1061163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOTHAM ARTS CENTRE

Promoting the Arts by using the charitys main asset which is the Regis Centre, including the Alexandra Theatre

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN BOGNOR REGIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN DRAMA AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS (B) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BOGNOR REGIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS BY PROVIDING, MANAGING AND MAKING AVAILABLE A THEATRE, CINEMA, ART GALLERY, PUBLIC HALL AND CONFERENCE CENTRE

Area of benefit: BOGNOR REGIS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Arun, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for Arun Arts Company Limited for the year ended 31st August 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who found no matters requiring attention. The examiner confirmed that the charity's gross income exceeded £25,000 and expressed no concerns regarding the understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 20/07/2024, 20 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 11/05/2024, 316 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03239942 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ANDERSON JONES, Lucy — director, appointed 23/06/2026on trustee list
• STEVENTON, Jane Ashley — director, appointed 11/06/2026on trustee list
• JEFFERY, Oliver Edward — director, appointed 15/02/2026on trustee list
• WOODMAN, Roberta Alison — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• LUNN, Peter Arthur — director, appointed 20/10/2025on trustee list
• GATTRELL, Michael David — director, appointed 01/06/2018on trustee list
• BALDWIN, Peter Frederick — director, appointed 16/07/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Bennett
• Jane Ashley Steventon
• Kathryn Bennett
• Lucy Anderson-Jones
• Martin Rupert Dewey Webb
• Michael Gattrell
• Oliver Jeffery
• PETER BALDWIN
• Peter Arthur Lunn
• Roberta Alison Woodman

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ANTEROS ARTS FOUNDATION.

• THE ANTEROS ARTS FOUNDATION income £164k
• NEW MILLS ART THEATRE LIMITED income £124k
• ARDENT THEATRE COMPANY income £142k
• ARUN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT income £90k
• ACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS income £642k
• ARTICULATE ARTS LTD income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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