THE TACCHI-MORRIS CENTRE

Registered charity 299698 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TACCHI MORRIS CENTRE

The activities of the Trust are to support the work of The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre both financially and in its artistic programme.

Objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY ENCOURAGING THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE USE EXCHANGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARTISTIC SKILLS AND TALENTS IN A SPIRIT OF PEACE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AMONG ALL PEOPLE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF NATION OR RACE OR POLITICAL RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND ACQUIRE AND ACCEPT PROPERTY AND IF AND WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE IN PARTICULAR THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY KNOWN AS NORTH CURRY, TAUNTON, SOMERSET AND ENDEAVOUR TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THERE AN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, MEMORIAL LIBRARY, CRAFT WORKSHOP, THEATRE AND ANCILLARY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £29,473 at year-end, while total funds including permanent endowment stood at £1,484,647. The trustees report that the charity achieved a small surplus of £575 for the year, supported by investment gains, though they note significant financial challenges ahead in a volatile economic environment.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02266134

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.

• ELLIOTT, Timothy John — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• DUTHIE, David Thomas James — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• ATTWOOD, John William — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• BREEZE, Julian Philip — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
• VENN, Jill — director, appointed 01/09/2015on trustee list
• HOLMES, Michael Frederick — director, appointed 01/09/2012not on trustee list
• ELLIOTT, Helen Pauline — director, appointed 14/07/2010on trustee list
• BAKER, Jim — director, appointed 14/07/2010not on trustee list
• RYAN, Graeme — director, appointed 09/03/2006on trustee list
• FLETCHER, John — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN FLETCHERchair
• David Thomas James Duthie
• GRAEME RYAN
• HELEN PAULINE ELLIOTT
• JAMES THOMAS BAKER
• Jill Angela Venn
• John Attwood
• Julian Breeze
• MIKE HOLMES
• Stephen Elliott
• Timothy John Elliott

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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