ARTS ALIVE IN SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE

Registered charity 1182373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS ALIVE, FLICKS IN THE STICKS

Working with local volunteers we put on high quality arts events on local spaces in rural areas.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATION OF A RANGE OF GOOD QUALITY PROFESSIONAL ARTS EVENTS IN SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £181,952 from £112,442 in the prior year, driven by a net increase in incoming resources and expenditure. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £168,265, which the trustees report meet their policy of holding six months' reserves to provide protection against funding disruption.

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 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/03/2024, 49 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Arts Alive (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Arts Council England — “Arts Alive is a National Portfolio Organisation supported by Arts Council England. We thank them for their ongoing support.” (source page)
• BFI Programming Development Fund — “Thanks to the BFI Programming Development Fund for their support.” (source page)
• The Elmley Foundation — “Thank you to The Elmley Foundation for their support in developing new audiences.” (source page)

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael James Connollychair
• David Alan Ripley
• Kai Hu
• Louisa Harriet Cresswell Mayor
• PAUL GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Phillip Spencer Pearcy
• STEPHANIE HINTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shauna Mae O'Reilly Pearce
• Violet Isobel Hudson

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Herefordshire · Powys · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFE WITH ART.

• LIFE WITH ART income £372k
• ART SPACE income £497k
• LICHFIELD ARTS income £242k
• PETHERTON ARTS TRUST LIMITED income £153k
• ARTS ON THE RUN income £218k
• ASHBOURNE ARTS LIMITED income £75k

Side by side with its peers

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