THE POUND ARTS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1102787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POSTHORN ARTS LIMITED

The Pound Arts Trust Limited is responsible for running The Pound arts centre, the arts hub for north Wiltshire; Corsham Festivals and Rural Arts Wiltshire & Rural Arts South Gloucestershire, the rural touring scheme. Through a programme of performances, workshops, exhibitions & talks, The Pound Arts Trust aims to create both cultural & educational opportunities for people of all ages & abilities.

Objects

(A) THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION BY MEANS OF ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF AGE, GENDER, RACE, SEXUALITY, DISABILITY OR SOCIAL BACKGROUND.(B) THE PROMOTION OF ARTISTIC EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY MEANS OF CONCERTS, RECITALS, EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS (SPECIFICALLY CORSHAM FESTIVAL), DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS, FILM, RURAL TOURING AND OTHER ARTISTIC MEDIA.IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE:(C) ORGANISATION OF PARTICIPATORY ARTS WORKSHOPS ACROSS A RANGE OF ARTFORMS WITH ACCESS TO PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES.(D) PROMOTION AND/OR ORGANISATION OF OTHER ARTISTIC EVENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE ABOVE.

Area of benefit: SOUTH WEST REGION

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £71,559 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves falling to £184,167. The trustees acknowledge that reserves are below their policy target of three months' running costs due to rising costs outpacing income, but confirm the charity remains solvent.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 04/02/2022, 4 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam James Waltonchair
• Alan Henry Francis Shepherd
• Alexandra Ricou
• Charlotte Parker
• Emmanuel Nartey
• Judith Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Megan Robertson
• Sarah Ann Dawes
• Tamsin Willis-Stovold
• Terry Bracher

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

Operates in: South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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