LUTON CARNIVAL ARTS DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1107790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCADT

Working locally, nationally and internationally we advocate for, develop and connect carnival artists at every stage of their development across all carnival art forms. We commission and deliver carnival arts of the highest standards of excellence enabling the UK public to experience the spectacle and magic of Carnival 365 days a year via our programming, digital channels and partner networks.

Objects

TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION, APPRECIATION OF AND PARTICIPATION IN CARNIVAL ARTS AND THE CRAFTS AND TRADITIONS WHICH SERVE CARNIVAL ARTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £76,943 for the year, with total expenditure of £512,576 exceeding incoming resources of £435,633. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £43,400, which is below the stated policy target of £61,500, though the trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. 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.

• 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Luton’s Greener Future Fund — “In 2023 with the support of Luton’s Greener Future Fund, we embarked on our journey in reducing Luton Carnival’s CO2 emissions and upskillin…” (source page)
• The Foyle Foundation — “The Foyle Foundation Artist Development Programme was launched in September 2023. The programme supports artists to develop their carnival …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR Willard Anthony ISLESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Boyle
• Dr Richard Nicholas York Owen
• Giles Agis
• Ivor Etienne
• Louise Geraldine Allen
• Raheem Lindsay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roberto Ishaq Bello Rudie

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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARNIVAL VILLAGE TRUST.

• CARNIVAL VILLAGE TRUST income £3.4m
• LUTON CULTURAL SERVICES TRUST income £3.6m
• FREEDOM FESTIVAL ARTS TRUST income £747k
• LIVE ART DEVELOPMENT AGENCY income £285k
• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k
• LUTON TOWN FC COMMUNITY TRUST income £999k

Side by side with its peers

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