The Arts Society Plymouth & South Devon

Registered charity 1154078 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SDDFAS, SOUTH DEVON DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY, THE ARTS SOCIETY SOUTH DEVON, The Arts Society, Plymouth and South Devon

As a Member Society of the The Arts Society, the Society shall have as the objects the promotion and advancement of the aesthetic education of the public, the cultivation, appreciation and study of the decorative and fine arts, and the giving of aid to the preservation of our national artistic heritage for the benefit of the public.

Objects

THE SOCIETY SHALL HAVE AS THE OBJECTS THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS, AND THE GIVING OF AID TO THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATIONAL ARTISTIC HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2023 (received 02/05/2024, 32 days after the 31/03/2024 due date); year ending 31/05/2022 (received 18/04/2023, 18 days after the 31/03/2023 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alasdair MacNaughtan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoff Fisher
• Henry Sells
• Karen Sweeting
• Lisa Jane Howlett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Bernard Lewis

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

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