STROUD VALLEYS ARTSPACE LIMITED

Registered charity 1105051 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public in practice and appreciation of the arts.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE RESIDENTS OF STROUD AND ITS ENVIRONS, IN THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) TO ORGANISE AND HOLD EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES IN THE FIELD OF THE ARTS; (B) TO PROVIDE OR TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF CREATIVE STUDIO SPACE;(C) SUCH OTHER WAYS AS DECIDED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE ASSOCIATION, IN GENERAL MEETING, SO LONG AS SUCH ACTIVITIES DO NOT STOP THE ASSOCIATION BEING RECOGNISED AS A CHARITY IN LAW.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE RESIDENTS OF STROUD AND ITS ENVIRONS.

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 ended the year with a net deficit of £44,281, driven by reduced funding for Jazz Stroud and rising overhead costs. Per the trustees' report, current unrestricted reserves of £97,258 are below the stated target level, prompting a recovery plan to rebuild reserves to the minimum £20,000 within two years.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Barney Heywood
• David Elford
• Deborah Potts
• Duncan Walthew
• FERN BYWATER
• Kaoru Blackstone
• Robert Duncan

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).