DEVIZES OUTDOOR CELEBRATORY ARTS

Registered charity 1156070 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOCA

The provision of outdoor participatory arts projects for both the community of Devizes and Wiltshire. The charity provides arts and creative services to a range of people including local primary schools, community groups, and the community at large. DOCA works with and commissions artists on new and innovative projects for the community throughout the year.

Objects

1. TO WORK WITHIN A LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE AND DEVELOP APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF AND PARTICIPATION IN (VOLUNTARILY AND PROFESSIONALLY) OUTDOOR ARTS, INCLUDING CARNIVAL AND STREET ARTS; THEIR TRADITIONS, MUSIC, CRAFTS, PRESENTATION AND PURPOSE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF AN ANNUAL PARTICIPATORY PROGRAMME COMPRISING ARTS WORKSHOPS, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND BY THE PROMOTION AND ORGANISATION OF AN ARTISTIC PROGRAMME INCLUDING AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL, AND CARNIVAL AND CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTS OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEVIZES AND DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, AND MORE WIDELY.2. TO ADVANCE ANY PURPOSE, WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF DEVIZES AND SURROUNDING AREA BY PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FUNDING TO LOCAL CHARITIES.

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 the charity faced a funding crisis in 2024, resulting in the cancellation of its traditional Street Festival for the first time since the pandemic. To continue operations, the charity dipped into its reserves and utilized crowdfunding, while noting that donations and business sponsorships have decreased. Despite these financial pressures, the trustees report that the organization remains optimistic and continues to deliver events through a combination of Arts Council funding and community support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin David Reachair
• Inna Dashchenko
• Peter Corbett
• Richard Leslie Day

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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