BOURNE ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1079939 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WAKE HOUSE

Wake House Arts and Community Trust, manages on behalf of the local Community Wake House which is a Grade 2 Listed building in the Centre of Bourne.Once the Home of the Couturier Charles Worth, Wake House is now home to over 40 Arts, Community and Educational Organisations which provide a range of Cultural,Educational & Support services for the population of Bourne and the surrounding villages.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF BOURNE AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE INHABITANTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS 2) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE (HEREINAFTER CALLED WAKE HOUSE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE) AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME, WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: BOURNE AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operational deficit of £8,941 in unrestricted funds for the year ended 30 April 2025, a significant improvement on the previous year's deficit. Unrestricted reserves stood at £95,766, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of six months' operational expenditure. The charity remains solvent with total net assets of £162,599 and is not dependent on external funding for its immediate going concern status.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• 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
• 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

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Neil Siddlechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALAN EDWIN MEAR
• Ann Wakeford
• David Leslie James
• James Campbell Rae
• Martin David Adkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sallyanne Elizabeth Fulcher

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BOURNE TOWN HALL TRUST.

• BOURNE TOWN HALL TRUST income £146k
• BOURNE UNITED CHARITIES income £1.4m
• THE HEPWORTH WAKEFIELD income £4.2m
• WARE ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £229k
• WAKEFIELD THEATRE TRUST income £2.4m
• SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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