THE CRAVEN ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1172218 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Craven Arts is an artist-led organisation of committed creatives based in the Craven, North Yorkshire. In January 2023 we opened Craven Arts House in Skipton, a centre for the arts , where we offer affordable studio spaces, arts education, exhibitions, events. We serve the community of Craven with an emphasis on creative young people.

Objects

To promote the arts, particularly the visual arts, by the provision of studio and gallery space for those who would not otherwise have access to such facilities and services.To advance the education of the public in the appreciation and practice of the visual arts, performing arts, digital arts, music, craft, cultural heritage, design, and literature in the district of Craven in North Yorkshire and in adjacent areas.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,193 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £122,825 against total expenditure of £121,632. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £28,876 exceed their stated policy target of £22,097, representing more than three months of core costs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 31/03/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 5 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 02/02/2023, 2 days after the 31/01/2023 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Fishpool · trustee of 1 other charity
• Beverley Parker
• Christine North
• Clare Danek
• Clare Lamkin
• DAVID HAWKINS
• ELIZABETH MARY ROODHOUSE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Joshua Atkinson
• Leticia Suarez-Lamos
• Paul Brown

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Lancashire · Leeds City · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRESCENT ARTS.

• CRESCENT ARTS income £111k
• NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST income £595k
• THE CREATIVE ART HOUSE income £854k
• CREATIVE ARTS EAST income £771k
• KEIGHLEY CREATIVE income £276k
• THE CRAVEN U3A income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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