ARTS AND HERITAGE CIO

Registered charity 1205742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS AND HERITAGE C.I.C., ARTS&HERITAGE

Working across the UK to promote the use of contemporary arts as a mechanism to develop inclusive narratives around history and cultural heritage (tangible, intangible or natural). Ensure that heritage contexts remain relevant to the general public and advance the contemporary arts through commisioning and advocating for contemporary art in any form that responds to cultural heritage stories.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE USE OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS AS A MECHANISM TO DEVELOP INCLUSIVE NARRATIVES AROUND HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (WHETHER TANGIBLE, INTANGIBLE OR NATURAL) TO ENSURE THAT HERITAGE CONTEXTS REMAIN RELEVANT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND2) TO ADVANCE THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMISSIONING OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN ANY FORM TO RESPOND TO CULTURAL HERITAGE STORIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE’ REFERS TO THE LEGACY OF PHYSICAL ARTEFACTS AND INTANGIBLE ATTRIBUTES OF A GROUP OR SOCIETY THAT IS INHERITED FROM PAST GENERATIONS, MAINTAINED IN THE PRESENT, AND BESTOWED FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT INCLUDES TANGIBLE CULTURE (SUCH AS BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, LANDSCAPES, BOOKS, WORKS OF ART, AND ARTEFACTS), INTANGIBLE CULTURE (SUCH AS FOLKLORE, TRADITIONS, LANGUAGE, AND KNOWLEDGE), AND NATURAL HERITAGE (INCLUDING CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES, BIODIVERSITY, AND ECOSYSTEMS).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £79,444 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £5,844. This figure is below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £6,900 (three months' running costs). The trustees confirm there are no material 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 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
• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bamike Tanya Sawyerr · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Marcus George Crofton
• Daniel Carpenter
• Jonathan Michael Nash
• Madiha Bakir
• Roberto Marcelo Hart-Camus
• Roberto Marcelo Hart-Camus
• Scott Frederick Aubrey Heath

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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