UPFRONT ARTS

Registered charity 1153089 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the art forms of mask, mime and puppetry and to promote the art of mask, mime and puppetry through exhibitions, performance, workshops and teaching. Also to have ownership of artefacts and collections relevant to those art forms, to be curated in the charities own onsite museum.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTE THE ART OF MASK MIME AND PUPPETRY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING THROUGH PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased slightly to £157,134, with unrestricted reserves comprising the entirety of this amount. The charity reported a net income surplus of £533 for the year, having spent £81,336 against incoming resources of £81,869. The trustees confirmed the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient funds and assurance regarding a private loan.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2021 (received 02/08/2022, 3 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04547236

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NORMAN, Katie — director, appointed 20/05/2022on trustee list
• ALLAN PHD, Susan, Mrs. — director, appointed 12/05/2022not on trustee list
• BAKER, Kevan Robert, Mr.. — director, appointed 12/05/2022on trustee list
• BAKER, Marilyn Anne, Mrs. — director, appointed 12/05/2022on trustee list
• FELLOWES, Barbara, Mrs. — director, appointed 12/05/2022on trustee list
• MACQUEEN, Peter John Colin, Mr. — director, appointed 12/05/2022on trustee list
• CLARKE, Judith — director, appointed 26/07/2019on trustee list
• MCCAW, Alison Katherine — director, appointed 26/07/2019on trustee list
• HAMILTON, Laura Macalpin — director, appointed 30/10/2014on trustee list
• PARKISON, Dorothy Elaine, Mrs. — secretary, appointed 12/05/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• LAURA MACALPIN HAMILTONchair
• Alison McCaw
• Barbara Fellowes
• GWYNNE HUNT
• Judith Clarke
• Katie Norman
• Kevan Robert Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marilyn Anne Baker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter JohnColin Macqueen
• Susan Allan PhD

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE.

• DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE income £645k
• FACE FRONT INCLUSIVE THEATRE LIMITED income £320k
• ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
• LEYBURN ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £145k
• ART OF THE PUPPET LIMITED income £207k
• COUNTERPOINTS ARTS income £913k

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