MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ARTSPACE

Registered charity 1153606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTSPACE

To promote for the inhabitants of Macclesfield and the surrounding area the provision of community facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the condition of life of the said inhabitants, in particular but not exclusively by delivering a range of creative arts and community projects.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF MACCLESFIELD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DELIVERING A RANGE OF CREATIVE ARTS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS.

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 unrestricted funds increased to £28,439, resulting in total net assets of £39,119, up from £21,596 in the prior year. The charity reported a net income surplus of £17,522 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased donations and trading activities. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue operations, with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Frank Nicholson
• Julie Massey
• LOUISE CATHERINE LEWIS
• Laurence Housden
• Michelle Brown

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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