DORSET VISUAL ARTS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 13 March 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £76,853
Latest expenditure: £75,010
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: DIVA contemporary Studio, Crepe Business Park, Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 6EY

Website recorded by the regulator: www.dorsetvisualarts.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provide professional development opportunities to artists and makers in Dorset.To form close ties with schools and colleges and provide grants for educational and training purposes in the field of visual arts and crafts.To support and encourage emerging artists.

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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: 28 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £76,853
Total Gross Expenditure: £75,010

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: 30 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,164
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,838

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: 28 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 28 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £25,411
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,813

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: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £15,741
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,648

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: 22 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 22 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £26,584
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,450

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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: 28 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £76,853
Total Gross Expenditure: £75,010
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £12,500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 0

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: 30 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,164
Total Gross Expenditure: £47,838
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 0

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: 28 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £25,411
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,813
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 8 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £15,741
Total Gross Expenditure: £17,648
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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: 22 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £26,584
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,450
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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

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

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

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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

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: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: DORSET VISUAL ARTS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-03-13T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 21 NOVEMBER 2005.
Charitable Objects: (A) TO PROMOTE,. MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS (OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING GRAPHIC ART, THREE DIMENSIONAL ART, CONCEPTUAL ART, ELECTRONIC ART, SONIC ART, AND CRAFTS OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS) BY ENABLING ARTISTS AND ARTISANS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS DEED SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE BOROUGHS OF BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE) TO COMMUNICATE THEIR WORK TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND THE LIKE THROUGH BOTH PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS.(B) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.(C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG ARTISTS AND ARTISANS PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(D) TO PROVIDE GRANTS OR BURSARIES TO PERSONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PURPOSES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS.
Area Of Benefit: DORSET

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management