HORSEBRIDGE ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE

Registered charity 1099570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to provide an artistic, cultural and learning resource of excellent quality that is accessible to all.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE TO ACT FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH A MANNER AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:-1. THE PROVISION OF AN ARTS AND COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RESIDING IN WHITSTABLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA;2. THE PROMOTION OF ALL FORMS OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXHIBITIONS OF ALL FORMS OF ART PERFORMANCES IN THE AREAS OF DRAMA VISUAL ARTS DANCE AND LITERATURE AND THE PROVISION OF OF TEACHING AND TRAINING IN SUCH AREAS;3. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES INFORMATION AND TEACHING FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SPECIALLY BUT NOT LIMITED OT THOSE NOT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN EDUCATION AND WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ACQUISITION OF NEW LEARNING AND EXPERTISE; AND4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES EITHER RELATED TO THE ABOVE OR OF ANY OTHER KIND AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: WHITSTABLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £15,447 for the year, reducing total unrestricted funds to £5,674 and resulting in a negative general fund balance of (£3,269). The trustees confirm the charity will remain a going concern, citing projected cashflow to December 2026 and diversified income sources, despite the low net asset position.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Horsebridge Arts And Community Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• DCMS Culture Recovery Fund — “The Arts Council England and DCMS Culture Recovery Fund #HereForCulture has supported our survival through the Covid-19 pandemic.” (source page)
• Canterbury City Council — “We work closely with our core funder, Canterbury City Council, to ensure we are delivery a quality arts experience for the Canterbury distri…” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “Project funding from National Lottery Community Fund has eabled our Silver Screenings project.” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “The Arts Council England and DCMS Culture Recovery Fund #HereForCulture has supported our survival through the Covid-19 pandemic.” (source page)
• Henry Smith Foundation — “Henry Smith Foundation have funded our Young Digital Makers 2020 programme (now taking place in 2021).” (source page)
• Kent Community Foundation — “Kent Community Foundation funding is supporting our Young Makers Club and strategic recovery work.” (source page)
• Coronavirus Community Support Fund — “Build a Rainbow was supported by the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund.” (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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ZOE CLOKEchair
• Anita Jane Memmott
• Dr Sue Bird
• Helen Brierley

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ABBOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

• ABBOTSWOOD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £106k
• THE COURTYARD ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE income £149k
• HORDLE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £34k
• HUTTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £160k
• SHAFTESBURY ARTS CENTRE income £287k
• OXMARKET CENTRE OF ARTS LIMITED income £119k

Side by side with its peers

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