NIDD VALLEY DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

Registered charity 513176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS SOCIETY NIDD VALLEY, THE NIDD VALLEY EVENING DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY

This society organises 10 lectures a year, a number of outings to various places of artistic interest at home and abroad. Decorative and Fine Arts groups are supported by volunteers and funding is provided to support research. Donations are also provided to support the preservation and development of our national artistic heritage.

Objects

(A) THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS; (B) THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COUNTRIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year in a strong financial position with a surplus of £3,856.26. Per the trustees' report, reserves are being maintained to secure the continuation of the Society over the next few years. The charity maintains a steady membership of 126 individuals and has successfully managed costs despite increases across the board.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mary Bankschair
• Beulah Chatten · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET BREARLEY
• Lindsay Mitchell
• Paul Dickinson

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

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