SIDMOUTH SCHOOL OF ART

Registered charity 1199539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is to make Sidmouth the artwork.Our mission is to increase participation in arts and culture through opportunities to collaborate, create and make art.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: TO ADVANCE APPRECIATION OF, AND EDUCATION IN, THE ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SIDMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) DEVISING, SOURCING, DELIVERING AND FUNDING PARTICIPATORY ART PROJECTS, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ARTWORKS, DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS IN VISUAL ARTS AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND EVENTS THAT NURTURE CREATIVITY, ENGAGEMENT IN AND APPRECIATION OF ART AND CULTURE; B) PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC ART AND PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE IN RELATION TO VISUAL ARTS, MENTORING AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN A RANGE OF ARTISTIC MEDIUMS AND PRACTICES;C) PRESENTING ARTWORK OF MERIT AT EXHIBITIONS AND IN PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SPACES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ‘ART’ INCLUDES ABSTRACT, CONCEPTUAL AND PERFORMANCE ART AND REPRESENTATIONAL AND FIGURATIVE ART.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 generated a net receipt of £8,430 for the year, resulting in cash funds of £11,997 at year-end. The trustees report that new partnerships and longer-term funding are key aspirations for the future, while noting that managing fragmented funding pots is administratively unsustainable.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 of England — “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Arts Council of England for their funding and support to our delivery partners Sidmouth…” (source page)
• The Norman Family Trust — “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to The Norman Family Trust for their support. Their support is helping us to focus on working …” (source page)
• Sid Vale Association — “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the Sid Vale Association for their support. SVA aims to conserve and promote the Valley’s A…” (source page)
• Devon County Council — “We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Devon County Council via the Growing Communities Fund for their support. which is helping u…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Shrigleychair
• Coco Hodgkinson
• Ian Barlow · trustee of 4 other charities
• Louise Cole
• Samuel Eyre

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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