CREATE ARTS DEVELOPMENT LTD.

Registered charity 1155449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Create extends participation in and access to the arts and provides support to the creative sector. Other activities include: event management, festivals development work, research, evaluation and consultancy, strategic networks and partnership work, and supporting creative practitioners.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS'(THE'"OBJECTS")ARE TO PROMOTE,MAINTAIN,IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION,THE ARTS OF DRAMA,MIME,DANCE,VISUAL ARTS,SINGING,MUSIC AND OTHER FORMS WITHIN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES.

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£22k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £5,711 for the year, increasing its total reserves to £6,234. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations. The charity is governed by a board of trustees and operates under the small companies regime.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £6k)
“At 31 March 2024, Create had met its reserves policy, which is to have cash in the bank to cover at least 3 months' worth of activity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£22k
31/03/2024£44k£48k
31/03/2023£15k£19k
31/03/2022£16k£28k
31/03/2021£30k£19k

Common questions

Is CREATE ARTS DEVELOPMENT LTD. financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £5,711 for the year, increasing its total reserves to £6,234. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient budgeted income and reserves to continue operations. The charity is governed by a board of trustees and operates under the small companies regime. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CREATE ARTS DEVELOPMENT LTD.?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CREATE ARTS DEVELOPMENT LTD. as a grant recipient include TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TWO RIDINGS COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kSustainable Cities and Communities
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£5kStaffing costs.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2019£10kScarborough Festival of Ideas
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2015£9kCultures from around the World
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2008£10kCoastival - Outreach Programme