WINCHCOMBE ARTS & COMMUNITY HUB

Registered charity 1202584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WACH

Operate Isbourne Arts in a former church in the centre of the town of Winchcombe, in order to use it for:- promoting the arts by encouraging access to, engagement with and participation and creativity in the arts;- advancing education in the arts;- advancing in life and helping young people by the provision of a youth centre;- providing a community centre for local, community groups

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ENCOURAGING ACCESS TO, ENGAGEMENT WITH AND PARTICIPATION AND CREATIVITY IN THE ARTS; (2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT IN THE ARTS; (3) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THROUGH:(A) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.(4) TO FURTHER OR BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, OR OF OTHER PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS UNDER THE EQUALITY ACT 2010, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID RESIDENTS AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO A COMMUNITY CENTRE, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS; (5) TO ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY RESOLVE FROM TIME TO TIME; AND IN THIS ARTICLE 4 "AREA OF BENEFIT" MEANS THE TOWN OF WINCHCOMBE IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ITS SURROUNDING AREA AND SUCH OTHER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AS THE TRUSTEES MAY SELECT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 unrestricted cash at bank was £37,843, with total unrestricted reserves of £587,457. The trustees report that the reserve policy is to be decided in the financial year 2025-26 and confirm there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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).

• Falcon Digital — “We want to thank Falcon Digital for our lovely new website. Falcon Digital offer charity and community interest groups free website design a…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £325k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Beverley Cockschair
• Helen Lucy McIlveen
• June Elizabeth Mary Woolerton
• Lucy Catherine McCall

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WYCOMBE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE income £198k
• ENCOUNTER TRUST WINCHCOMBE income £292k
• WINSCOMBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.2m
• WYSING ARTS CHARITY income £863k
• SUMMERTOWN ARTS COMMUNITY income £870k
• NEWCASTLE ARTS CENTRE TRUST LTD income £175k

Side by side with its peers

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