THE ARTS SOCIETY WREKIN

Registered charity 1148456 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WDFAS AND WREKIN DFAS, WREKIN DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

A lecture programme on decorative and fine arts with relevant visits and study days for members and open to non-members. Church recording producing records which are given to the relevant church, the V&A Art Library, the Church Buildings Council and the National Record Centre.The promotion of arts to young people by organising arts competitions in local schools.Heritage volunteering.

Objects

OBJECTS.THE SOCIETY SHALL HAVE AS ITS OBJECTS THE PROMOTION ADVANCEMENT, STUDY AND PRACTICE OF HISTORY, SOCIAL HISTORY, MATERIALS, DESIGN, MANUFACTURE AND COLLECTIONS RELATING TO DECORATIVE AND FINE ART LITERATURE, ARCHITECTURE, ARCHAEOLOGY, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, THE PERFORMING ARTS (INCLUDING DANCE, MUSIC, THEATRE, FILMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHY), TEXTILES, FURNITURE, FURNISHINGS, COSTUME, GLASS AND CERAMICS, ENAMEL, METALWORK, GARDEN DESIGN AND INSTALLATION ART AND THE LIVES AND INFLUENCES OF THE ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, CRAFTSMEN AND PATRONS INVOLVED AND ANY OTHER SUBJECT OF CREATIVE ART OR DESIGN THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED AN ADVANCEMENT OF THESE OBJECTS.

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: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £1,659, which the Treasurer described as anticipated due to 50th Anniversary expenses. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £33,052, down from £34,711 the previous year. The Treasurer confirmed the Society is in a healthy financial position despite the deficit.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Zaadstra
• Dr Anne Mary Marczak
• HELEN MARY HUGHES
• JIM TRANTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Frost
• VALERIE BRENDA LUPTON

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Staffordshire · Telford & Wrekin · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

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• THE ARTS SOCIETY CRANLEIGH income £30k
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• THE WARWICK ARTS TRUST income £59k
• SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS LIMITED income £87k

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