THE CRANLEIGH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 284186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote, present and inspire education, exhibition, performance and participation of the Arts and other leisure time activities (apart from sport) for all ages of the inhabitants of Cranleigh and its surrounding villages.

Objects

TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FACILITATING OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES (APART FROM SPORT) FOR THE INHABITANTS OF CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (FOR DETAILS, SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).

Area of benefit: CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £458,679 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £161,085. The trustees note that while reserves have been reduced, they remain adequate and the Board continues to adopt a conservative approach to ensure solvency despite a potential existential crisis regarding future local government funding.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Community Foundation for Surrey — “We are grateful to the Community Foundation for Surrey for their generous support, which has enabled us to enhance our Café and make it more…” (source page)
• Theatres Trust — “We are delighted to share that we have been awarded a grant from Theatres Trust through their Small Grants Programme supported by the Linbur…” (source page)
• Linbury Trust — “We are delighted to share that we have been awarded a grant from Theatres Trust through their Small Grants Programme supported by the Linbur…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (45% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Freestonchair
• Alan Frogatt
• Brian Patrick Farrelly
• Caroline Florence Heslop
• JOHN BROUGH SCOTT
• Richard Leslie Everitt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephanie Gallo

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO).

• CRANLEIGH AND DISTRICT LIONS CLUB (CIO) income £172k
• THE PLOUGH ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £887k
• CLIFTONVILLE CULTURAL SPACE income £393k
• KNOWLE PARK TRUST income £122k
• LEICESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED income £2.4m
• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ARTS MANAGEMENT TRUST income £11.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.