THE SPRING ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 297353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAVANT ARTS ACTIVE, HAVANT ARTS CENTRE COMPANY LIMITED, THE SPRING ARTS & HERITAGE CENTRE

The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre is a small place where big things happen. Our vibrant and exciting cultural events make Havant, Hampshire and the surrounding region a better place to live. The Spring provides a range of arts and creative events in the organisation's building and across the region. It is also the professional museum for Havant Borough.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a modest unrestricted surplus of £3,167, reversing a deficit from the previous year, with total income increasing by 4% to £712,381. The charity holds free (unrestricted) reserves of £57,337, which the trustees note have increased due to the transfer of designated funds back to general funds. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02088483
• Trading subsidiary: HAVANT ARTS ACTIVE LIMITED Companies House 02181888

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.

• SWEET, Jane Francesca — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• POPE, Linda Kathryn — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• DALEY, James John — director, appointed 11/11/2025on trustee list
• MCCARTHY, Brendan Charles — director, appointed 30/07/2025on trustee list
• STAKES, Tracey — director, appointed 30/07/2025on trustee list
• MURPHY, Hannah Victoria — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• BERN, Laura Elizabeth — director, appointed 01/07/2025on trustee list
• FLANNERY, Lucy — director, appointed 31/03/2025on trustee list
• BOWNS, Rachel Sally — director, appointed 16/01/2023on trustee list
• SHEPHARD, Sarah Louise — director, appointed 10/02/2020on trustee list
• BAXTER, Fiona Louise — secretary, appointed 01/04/2025

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brendan Charles McCarthy
• Hannah Murphy
• James Daley
• Jane Sweet
• Laura Bern
• Linda Pope
• Lucy Flannery
• Rachel Bowns
• Sarah Shephard
• Tracey Stakes · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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