VIVA ARTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP

Registered charity 1126012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VIVA

To advance the education of children and young adults in the arts of theatre and drama. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure use by young people, the aged, infirm or disabled or those suffering financial hardship, with the object of improving their conditions of lifeThe encouragement of the arts.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free unrestricted reserves were £346,937, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £75,000 preferred for normal expenditure, although the policy requires maintaining reserves for approximately 6 months of core activities. The charity reported a net deficit from unrestricted reserves of £13,853 for the year, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Total reserves stood at £2,576,448, with the trustees confirming adequate resources for future operational existence.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Williams Charitable Trust — “We would like to give special thanks to all our donors, from national to local charities and organisations: The Williams Charitable Trust” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £252k. 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL SCHUMANN MBE DLchair
• ANGELA BOCKING
• Anne Jeanette Bevan
• Anthea Jane Kenna · trustee of 5 other charities
• Elisabeth Helen Every · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emma Clare Bovingdon
• Helen Marian Hayward
• Kirsten Martin
• Leigh Stephenson
• Lt Colonel James Frank Wood
• MICHAEL GEORGE HAWES FCCA · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD JOHN HOBBS
• Vivienne Robinson

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

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