BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 8 June 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05305188
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £322,487
Latest expenditure: £301,846
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Bedford Creative Arts Limited, Bedford Heights, Brickhill Drive, Bedford, MK41 7PH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Bedford Creative Arts works collaboratively with artists and the people of Bedfordshire to create new high quality art with the communities around us centred around the values of engagement, inclusion and inspiration, with the aim of enhancing and transforming the quality of people's lives especially in areas where there is a history of low cultural engagement.

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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: 16 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £322,487
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,846

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: 11 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £306,824
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,475

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: 7 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 7 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £239,684
Total Gross Expenditure: £279,765

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: 1 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 1 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £317,473
Total Gross Expenditure: £372,219

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: 30 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 30 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £374,473
Total Gross Expenditure: £294,498

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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: 16 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £322,487
Total Gross Expenditure: £301,846
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Contracts: 22650
Income From Government Grants: £21,400
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: 8

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: 11 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £306,824
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,475
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 4
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 9150
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
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: 4

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: 7 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £239,684
Total Gross Expenditure: £279,765
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 3
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Contracts: 19772
Income From Government Grants: £25,190
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: 4

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: 1 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £317,473
Total Gross Expenditure: £372,219
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: £8
Income From Government Grants: £19,582
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: 30 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £374,473
Total Gross Expenditure: £294,498
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £7
Income From Government Grants: £91,292
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: Luton
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Milton Keynes
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Central Bedfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-06-08T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/12/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/01/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 SEP 2016
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE UK BY:-(A) OFFERING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE;(B) USING THE ARTS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE AND PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE BY RESPONDING TO THOSE NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH CONTACT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER AGENCIES;(C) ACTIVELY ENGAGING PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM PROVISION OF ARTS EDUCATION FOR REASON OF DISABILITY, SOCIAL, CULTURAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE (BY SEEKING TO MAKE ACTIVITIES PHYSICALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY AND FINANCIALLY ACCESSIBLE;(D) ENABLING EVERYONE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT FREELY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO ENJOY THE ARTS AND ITS BENEFITS;(E) PROMOTING, IMPROVING, ADVANCING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ACTS PRACTICE, THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
Area Of Benefit: BEDFORD

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 436974
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS

Charity Name Id: 576876
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: &CO. ARTS LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff