THE ARTS SOCIETY WOODBRIDGE

Registered charity 1098175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D.D.F.A.S., DEBEN DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

Active arts society based in Woodbridge, Suffolk with over 400 members. Ten lectures each year on fine art subjects and decorative design, each with attendances of over 200 people at each lecture. Hold local study days, visits and holidays to UK and abroad. Supports Church Recorders, Church Trails and Young Art projects for local schools.

Objects

A. THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS; B. THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND C. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE DECORATIVE AND FINE 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.

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Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Arts Society Woodbridge reported a surplus of £2,352 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £27,979 and total expenditure of £25,627. The accumulated fund increased from £25,300 to £27,652, reflecting the profit retained in the charity's reserves.

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.

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.

• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Barratt
• Anne Gartley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carolyn Jill Dicken
• Claire Harrington
• Dr Julia Ratcliffe
• Dr Nigel Christopher Gibbons
• Elizabeth Spencer
• Nigel Paul Barratt
• Patricia Findley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Alexandra Carter

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

Operates in: Suffolk

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