THE ARTS SOCIETY, EAST GRINSTEAD (TASEG)

Registered charity 1205679 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As a CIO of THE ARTS SOCIETY the charity promotes the advancement of the education of the public, including young people, of the cultivation, appreciation and study of the arts. The charity supports the conservation and preservation of the artistic heritage of the United Kingdom and other countries for the benefit of the public.

Objects

AS A MEMBER SOCIETY OF THE ARTS SOCIETY THE ORGANSIATIONS OBJECTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT SHALL BE FOR THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF AESTHETIC EDUCATION, THE CULTIVATION APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS AIDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATIONAL ARTISTIC HERITAGE AND SUPPORTING ARTS EDUCATION FOR SCHOOL PUPILS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND WHERE YOUNGER PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ARTS LEARNING.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall surplus of £4,825 for the year, with total income of £44,456 against total expenditure of £39,631. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £35,265, which is higher than the stated policy target of covering one year of operating costs. The filing notes that there were no fixed assets and no creditors at the year end.

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 3 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ray Whitechair
• Alice Griffith
• Anthony Beevor
• Denice Page
• Elisabeth Woolley Mrs · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Page
• Maresa Crook
• Marianne Greenwood
• Michael Hope

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM.

• THE ARTS SOCIETY, CORINIUM income £53k
• EAST STREET ARTS income £1.3m
• DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE income £645k
• ARTS AND CRAFTS COMMUNITY CENTRE income £40k
• HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. income £319k
• THE COMPANY PRESENTS LIMITED income £36k

Side by side with its peers

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