ALLEN VALLEYS COMMUNITY ARTS

Registered charity 1187875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE STAGING OF EVENTS FEATURING PERFORMANCE AND PROMOTION OF FOLK MUSIC IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS, AND ASSOCIATED ARTS AND CUSTOMS WITHIN THE FOLK TRADITION, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ALLEN VALLEY

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE STAGING OF EVENTS FEATURING PERFORMANCE AND PROMOTION OF FOLK MUSIC IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS, AND ASSOCIATED ARTS AND CUSTOMS WITHIN THE FOLK TRADITION, INCLUDING AN ANNUAL FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN ALLEN VALLEYS.

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 achieved a total surplus of £3,033 for the year, bringing total reserves to £9,372. The trustees report that these reserves provide financial stability and allow for future planning amidst a sector facing increased costs. The balance sheet shows a bank balance of just under £21,000, which includes advanced sales and grants for the upcoming festival year.

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
• 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Craig Atkinsonchair
• Caitlin Kendall
• Glynn Galley
• Hollie-Ann Coleman
• Kate Maughan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kerry Crellin
• Michael Oran John Villiers-Stuart
• Nicholas Pepper
• PETER JOHN ALDCROFT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Phillip James Bell
• Timothy Edward REED · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northumberland

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