COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 7 February 1984
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 01782715
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,011,520
Latest expenditure: £1,071,496
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, COLCHESTER, CO1 1NF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.colchesterartscentre.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Colchester Arts Centre aims to provide a diverse and eclectic performance programme of arts that respond to current practices in arts and meet specific needs of the community it serves. The artistic policy is to create a bias towards new work, innovation and experimentation. It also creates work to promote and inclusive and accessible programme.

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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: 18 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 18 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,011,520
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,071,496

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: 1 November 2024
Date Accounts Received: 1 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,495,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,118,628

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: 13 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £998,717
Total Gross Expenditure: £901,286

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: 14 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £854,171
Total Gross Expenditure: £652,024

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 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 8 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £625,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £322,473

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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: 18 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,011,520
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,071,496
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £275,879
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: 80

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: 1 November 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,495,073
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,118,628
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £6
Income From Government Grants: £611,804
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: 80

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: 13 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £998,717
Total Gross Expenditure: £901,286
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £303,530
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: 111

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: 14 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £854,171
Total Gross Expenditure: £652,024
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: £357,851
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 64

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 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £625,989
Total Gross Expenditure: £322,473
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: £6
Income From Government Grants: £491,000
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 88

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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: 18 November 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 324958
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 624023
Income Investments: 36189
Income Other: 26350
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1011520
Income Legacies: 1027
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,071,496
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1071496
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 4451
Expenditure Support Costs: 152010
Expenditure Depreciation: 72143
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £273,768
Assets Total Fixed: 232389
Assets Own Use: 232389
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,255,103
Assets Total Liabilities: £185,955
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,301,537
Creditors One Year Total Current: 185955
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,229,030
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1108664
Funds Restricted: 192873
Funds Total: 1301537
Count Employees: 36
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: 1 November 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 786437
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 666640
Income Investments: 41996
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1495073
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,118,628
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1118628
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6368
Expenditure Support Costs: 214104
Expenditure Depreciation: 76829
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £232,165
Assets Total Fixed: 302468
Assets Own Use: 302468
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,260,501
Assets Total Liabilities: £201,456
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,361,513
Creditors One Year Total Current: 201456
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,200,744
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 935735
Funds Restricted: 425778
Funds Total: 1361513
Count Employees: 29
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: 13 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 403088
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 592946
Income Investments: 2383
Income Other: 300
Income Total Income And Endowments: 998717
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £901,286
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 901286
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 3340
Expenditure Support Costs: 193642
Expenditure Depreciation: 341661
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £171,763
Assets Total Fixed: 379297
Assets Own Use: 379297
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,291,731
Assets Total Liabilities: £685,960
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £985,068
Creditors One Year Total Current: 685960
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,269,101
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 875333
Funds Restricted: 109735
Funds Total: 985068
Count Employees: 23
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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: 14 December 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 492591
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 361382
Income Investments: 198
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 854171
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £15,000
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £637,024
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 652024
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 9653
Expenditure Support Costs: 137173
Expenditure Depreciation: 51870
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £179,807
Assets Total Fixed: 452365
Assets Own Use: 452365
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,182,273
Assets Total Liabilities: £747,001
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £887,637
Creditors One Year Total Current: 359338
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 387663
Assets Cash: £1,160,470
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 826140
Funds Restricted: 61497
Funds Total: 887637
Count Employees: 18
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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 March 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 615436
Income Other Trading Activities: 1736
Income Charitable Activities: 8334
Income Investments: 483
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 625989
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £14,000
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £308,473
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 322473
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 24717
Expenditure Support Costs: 78631
Expenditure Depreciation: 10182
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £121,190
Assets Total Fixed: 47402
Assets Own Use: 47402
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £997,422
Assets Total Liabilities: £359,334
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £685,490
Creditors One Year Total Current: 359334
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £921,629
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 517715
Funds Restricted: 167775
Funds Total: 685490
Count Employees: 17
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COLCHESTER ARTS CENTRE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1984-02-07T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH JANUARY 1984 as amended on 21 May 2021
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING ANDENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, VISUAL ARTS AND LITERARY ARTS BY PROVINDING ACCOMODATION AND FACILITIES.
Area Of Benefit: COLCHESTER

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures