THE ARTS SOCIETY SOLENT

Registered charity 1108224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOLENT DFAS, THE SOLENT DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

The Society promotes education of fine arts by holding monthly lectures on a wide variety of arts-related subjects, visits to places of interest and study days. This year sponsored a professional artist to hold workshops for a day in a local school. Donations to Bay House School , Titchfield Primary School and Baycroft School Art Departments. Ongoing church and conservation work.

Objects

D) THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION,APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS;E) THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ANDOTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION,THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS.

Area of benefit: WITHIN THE AREA OF SOUTH HAMPSHIRE BORDERING THE EASTERN SOLENT

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Society’s finances remain healthy with total funds of £17,026.67. The Treasurer's report notes an overall profit of £1,530.17 for the year, after accounting for charitable donations taken from reserves. The society continues to thrive with steady membership and well-attended lectures.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Hodkinsonchair
• Anna Simonsen
• Bridget Hillier
• Jeremy Pagliaro
• Susan Wells
• William Bruce Cozens

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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• THE ARTS SOCIETY CAMBRIDGE income £36k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY CRANLEIGH income £30k
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• THE ARTS SOCIETY STRATFORD UPON AVON. income £36k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY OXFORD income £44k
• THE ARTS SOCIETY SOLIHULL income £41k

Side by side with its peers

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