YEOVIL ART SPACE

Registered charity 1189660 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

- Offer exhibitions and events, and to provide opportunities for social interaction and cultural education for the public.- Provide opportunities for artists who are living in Yeovil and the surrounding area, to build a strong audience for the arts at the local level.- Provide educational workshops, outreach and participatory activities for different community and schools in Yeovil.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS IN YEOVIL AND SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF VISUAL ARTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIGITAL, MOVING IMAGE, 2D & 3D CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN.

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 Yeovil Art Space held unrestricted free reserves of £15,000, which the trustees noted was below their recommended policy target of six months' running costs, although a three-month reserve was achieved. The charity reported a net surplus of £16,199 for the year and confirmed there were no funds held in deficit, indicating stable short-term liquidity despite reliance on restricted grant funding.

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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Somerset Council — “We are currently receiving funding support from Somerset Council, Yeovil Town Council and Arts Council England .” (source page)
• Yeovil Town Council — “We are currently receiving funding support from Somerset Council, Yeovil Town Council and Arts Council England .” (source page)
• Arts Council England — “We are currently receiving funding support from Somerset Council, Yeovil Town Council and Arts Council England .” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tamsin Mendelsohnchair
• Carolyn Tayler-Webb
• Mark Howard Pender · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sara Dudman

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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• S1: ARTSPACE/PROJECTS income £2.8m
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• CONTAINS ART CIO income £330k

Side by side with its peers

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