DORSET VISUAL ARTS

Registered charity 1113249 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide professional development opportunities to artists and makers in Dorset.To form close ties with schools and colleges and provide grants for educational and training purposes in the field of visual arts and crafts.To support and encourage emerging artists.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE,. MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS (OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING GRAPHIC ART, THREE DIMENSIONAL ART, CONCEPTUAL ART, ELECTRONIC ART, SONIC ART, AND CRAFTS OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS) BY ENABLING ARTISTS AND ARTISANS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS DEED SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE BOROUGHS OF BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE) TO COMMUNICATE THEIR WORK TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND THE LIKE THROUGH BOTH PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS.(B) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.(C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG ARTISTS AND ARTISANS PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(D) TO PROVIDE GRANTS OR BURSARIES TO PERSONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PURPOSES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS.

Area of benefit: DORSET

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 organization is in a phase of organization development with a priority on building core funding, noting that an additional £10-15k is needed. Per the trustees' report, the charity has successfully delivered its initiatives for members and is preparing for the relaunch of Dorset Art Weeks as an annual event from 2026.

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.

• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Arts Council England — “Supported through core funding from Arts Council England and Dorset Council.” (source page)
• Dorset Council — “Supported through core funding from Arts Council England and Dorset Council.” (source page)
• Hall & Woodhouse — “With thanks to our Dorset Art Weeks Headline Sponsor Hall & Woodhouse” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Victoria Bowleschair
• Georgina Claire Mason · trustee of 1 other charity
• Graham Matthew Booth
• Karen Eloise Hawey
• Laura Emily Vent
• Megan Lorraine Hyde
• SIMON PAUL BARBER
• Sharon Lisa James
• Victoria Louise Muenzer-Jones · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

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