CREATIVE ARTS EAST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 23 August 1994
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 02960157
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £771,126
Latest expenditure: £769,794
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: DRAGON HALL, 115-123 KING STREET, NORWICH, NR1 1QE

Website recorded by the regulator: www.creativeartseast.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The principal activities of the company are the promoting, maintaining, improving and advancing of education within the community at large and in particular in the rural areas of the County of Norfolk, by promotion, production, performance and encouragement of the arts.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £771,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £769,794

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £644,698
Total Gross Expenditure: £643,288

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 19 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 19 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £597,470
Total Gross Expenditure: £599,928

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 6 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 6 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £481,918
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,758

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2021
Date Accounts Received: 9 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £429,189
Total Gross Expenditure: £429,760

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £771,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £769,794
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £8
Income From Government Grants: £85,897
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 300

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £644,698
Total Gross Expenditure: £643,288
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £32,307
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 340

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £597,470
Total Gross Expenditure: £599,928
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £73,589
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 250

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 6 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £481,918
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,758
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £17,307
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 310

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £429,189
Total Gross Expenditure: £429,760
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £29,807
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 250

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 255020
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 503034
Income Investments: 13072
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 771126
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £769,794
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 769794
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4674
Expenditure Support Costs: 354397
Expenditure Depreciation: 7375
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £78,739
Assets Total Fixed: 3732
Assets Own Use: 2232
Assets Long Term Investment: 1500
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £440,560
Assets Total Liabilities: £365,553
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £78,739
Creditors One Year Total Current: 365553
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £425,524
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 78739
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 78739
Count Employees: 11
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 225272
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 405230
Income Investments: 14196
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 644698
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £643,288
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 643288
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4133
Expenditure Support Costs: 377994
Expenditure Depreciation: 7081
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £77,407
Assets Total Fixed: 11108
Assets Own Use: 9608
Assets Long Term Investment: 1500
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £433,132
Assets Total Liabilities: £366,833
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £77,407
Creditors One Year Total Current: 366833
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £416,724
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 77407
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 77407
Count Employees: 13
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 19 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 191633
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 402747
Income Investments: 3090
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 597470
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £599,928
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 599928
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5295
Expenditure Support Costs: 395684
Expenditure Depreciation: 11592
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £75,997
Assets Total Fixed: 17187
Assets Own Use: 15687
Assets Long Term Investment: 1500
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £357,394
Assets Total Liabilities: £298,584
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £75,997
Creditors One Year Total Current: 298584
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £327,333
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 75997
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 75997
Count Employees: 15
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Suffolk
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Norfolk
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CREATIVE ARTS EAST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1994-08-23T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 JULY 1994 AS AMENDED 2 MAY 2002 AND 31 OCTOBER 2002 as amended on 11 Feb 2024
Charitable Objects: The charity is established for the purposes of promoting, maintaining, improving, and advancing education within the community at large and particularly in rural areas by the promotion, production, performance, and encouragement of the arts, that is to say: the performing, visual, media, plastic, digital, and/or written arts.
Area Of Benefit: IN PRACTICE-NORFOLK

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 139636
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: RURAL ARTS EAST

Charity Name Id: 139619
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: ARTS IN RURAL NORFOLK

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures