THE CREATIVITY CENTRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 1095342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCET

Education, training and learning about creative thinking and problem solving. Workshops for school pupils, teachers, charities, community groups and the public. Evaluation and assessment of the success of creative projects. Measuring development of the creativity of groups and individuals. Producing and publishing materials (print and online) about creativity including an online journal.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE FIELD OF CREATIVITY PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES AND BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £7,925 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the charity's unrestricted funds remain in a deficit position of £1,746, and the trustees note that the reserves policy target has not been maintained throughout the year.

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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04023948

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.

• BURNS, Iain Clive — director, appointed 30/04/2020on trustee list
• BASSETT, Sally — director, appointed 22/07/2003on trustee list
• BELL, Coll Mcdonald — director, appointed 22/07/2003on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SALLY BASSETTchair
• Alison Milner
• COLL BELL
• Iain Clive Burns

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 CREATIVITY CULTURE AND EDUCATION.

• CREATIVITY CULTURE AND EDUCATION income £145k
• CREATIVITY ACADEMY income £13k
• CREATIVE YOUTH NETWORK income £3.1m
• Creative Kids Centre income £173k
• CREATIVE CULTURE TRUST CIO income £51k
• CREATIVE LIVING CENTRE income £452k

Side by side with its peers

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