CHEQUER MEAD ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1165519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHEQUER MEAD

Community Theatre; including local and in-house shows, dance and musicals. DVD and live event screenings. Art Exhibitions.

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY FOSTERING AND PROMOTING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT (MEANING THE AREA OF EAST GRINSTEAD OR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF);2 TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE; AND3 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the independent examiner confirmed no matters came to their attention suggesting accounting records were not kept or that financial statements did not accord with those records. The examiner further confirmed that the statements comply with the applicable requirements concerning form and content set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. No material uncertainties or serious incidents were noted in the report.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Farrenchair
• FRANK OSBORNE
• JULIE ANNE MOCKFORD AISTD MRAD
• Nicholas Gibson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Pierre Andrews
• SIMON GREGORY COLE RSA
• Stephen James Barnett
• Tracy Denise Hughes

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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• CHANCTONBURY COMMUNITY LEISURE LTD income £844k
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• CROFT HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY income £123k
• WYCOMBE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE income £198k
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• THE CHELSEA CENTRE LTD income £644k

Side by side with its peers

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