THE SOUTH WEST ACADEMY OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS

Registered charity 1087350 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHWEST ACADEMY OF FINE & APPLIED ARTS, SWAC

Provides exhibition opportunities to young people and adults within the fine and applied arts and educational opportunites such as workshops and lectures

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FINE AND APPLIED ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE FINE AND APPLIED ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE DEVON AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £721 for the year, resulting in total funds decreasing from £52,465 to £51,744. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient funds to cover outstanding liabilities, noting free reserves of £38,030 against a policy requiring sufficient funds for liabilities.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Phoebe Wortley-Talbot Trust — “all made possible through the Phoebe Wortley-Talbot Trust as described at the end of this book.” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Summerfield
• Andrew Baker
• David Norman
• Dawn Jordan
• Frances Carter
• Gillian Burbidge
• Jenny Pymont
• Michael Carter
• PHIL CREEK
• Robert Peter Dudley
• Rod Ashman

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Devon

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WEST ACRE ARTS FOUNDATION LIMITED.

• WEST ACRE ARTS FOUNDATION LIMITED income £86k
• ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY income £2.2m
• SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS LIMITED income £87k
• WEST OXFORDSHIRE ARTS ASSOCIATION income £30k
• WEST LONDON PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY income £365k
• NORTHERN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS income £32k

Side by side with its peers

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