HASTINGS ARTS FORUM

Registered charity 1142575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The education of the public principally in Hastings and East Sussex in all areas of the arts, but mainly on the visual arts, by providing permanent professional standard gallery space for members to exhibit their work to the public, and by providing a public resource for the development of skills and knowledge, encouraging collaboration, networking and debate within all areas of the arts.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF HASTINGS ARTS FORUM ARE TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF ALL AREAS OF THE ARTS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR, AND ACTIVITIES IN, ANY ASPECT OF THE VISUAL ARTS PRINCIPALLY IN HASTINGS AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF SUSSEX AND KENT

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,792 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £36,337 against expenditure of £33,545. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £39,545, which the trustees believe is sufficient to cover three months of activities in line with their reserves policy. The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Michael O'Leary
• Jo Welsh
• Lesley Ann Barker
• Leslie Moran

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · West Sussex

Income and spending

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