CORBY COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 279972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects for which the Company is established are: the promotion of education in music, drama and visual arts and the appreciation of the arts amongst the Community and to provide facilities in the interests of Social Welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom such facilities are primarily intended.

Objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN MUSIC, DRAMA AND VISUAL ARTS AND THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AMONGST THE COMMUNITY AND 2. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITITONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM SUCH FACILITIES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED.

Area of benefit: CORBY

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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Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£44k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £297, resulting in total funds of £9,869. However, the balance sheet reveals a significant net current liability position of £291,304, largely driven by accruals and deferred grants, which exceeds the total unrestricted funds of -£532. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of three to six months of running costs, but the current unrestricted position is negative.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months running costs (held: £-532)
“It is the intention to ensure sufficient funds are available to cover future commitments to build a general reserve of three to six months running costs.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£44k
31/03/2024£45k£45k
31/03/2023£47k£41k
31/03/2022£38k£39k
31/03/2021£41k£32k

Common questions

Is CORBY COMMUNITY ARTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus of £297, resulting in total funds of £9,869. However, the balance sheet reveals a significant net current liability position of £291,304, largely driven by accruals and deferred grants, which exceeds the total unrestricted funds of -£532. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of three to six months of running costs, but the current unrestricted position is negative. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/12/2021£9kRaspberry Ripple
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2021£5kBranching Out
UK government01/07/2020£3kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2009£10kOld Village New Times