ACTIVATE PERFORMING ARTS

Registered charity 1069622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTIVATE

to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the general public in the arts generally and more particularly (but not limited to) dance, drama and other performing arts.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE, AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE ARTS GENERALLY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) DANCE, DRAMA, AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £153,427 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £409,104. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £265,227, with £151,000 designated as operational reserves to cover potential staff costs and core funding gaps.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Whilst we receive core funding from Arts Council England, Dorset Council and BCP Council” (source page)
• Dorset Council — “Whilst we receive core funding from Arts Council England, Dorset Council and BCP Council” (source page)
• BCP Council — “Whilst we receive core funding from Arts Council England, Dorset Council and BCP Council” (source page)

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SARA ST GEORGEchair
• Peter Wilson
• ROWAN HEDLEY
• Rohan Gotobed
• Susannah Chisholm
• Tamsin Irwin
• Timothy Bell

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP.

• PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP income £45k
• Showcase Performing Arts income £27k
• DPA PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY income £212k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k
• ARTS FOR ALL income £198k
• MAKE A MOVE income £55k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.