01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 21 June 2010
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 07007198
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £590,821
- Latest expenditure
- £644,804
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- Yes
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: A Space: Growing Creative Communities Ltd, God's House Tower, Town Quay, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 2NY
Website recorded by the regulator: www.aspacearts.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
To provide the general public with an ongoing programme of high quality, stimulating artistic experiences and educational activities. The main beneficiaries of the charity's work are the general public and creative communities, primarily in Southampton and surrounding regions.
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
- 14 July 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £590,821
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £644,804
- 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
- 12 November 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £499,566
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £634,561
- 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
- 21 November 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £356,691
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £679,235
- 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
- 31 August 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £478,203
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £554,021
- 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
- 4 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 4 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £539,995
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £389,354
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
- 14 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £590,821
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £644,804
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- 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
- 25
- 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
- 12 November 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £499,566
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £634,561
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- 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
- 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
- 21 November 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £356,691
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £679,235
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- 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
- 10
- 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
- 31 August 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £478,203
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £554,021
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £1
- Income From Government Grants
- £13,334
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 40
- 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
- 4 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £539,995
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £389,354
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser
- Yes
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £76,591
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 5
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
- 14 July 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 354034
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 197485
- Income Charitable Activities
- 36263
- Income Investments
- 3039
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 590821
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £80,144
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £564,660
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 644804
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 7063
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 417916
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 85696
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £68,333
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1090898
- Assets Own Use
- 1090898
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £271,614
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £46,783
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,315,729
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 46783
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £188,521
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 246231
- Funds Restricted
- 1069498
- Funds Total
- 1315729
- Count Employees
- 16
- 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
- 4 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 0
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 68399
- Income Charitable Activities
- 471551
- Income Investments
- 45
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 539995
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £6,390
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £382,964
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 389354
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 2958
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 364222
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 67846
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £1,909,610
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1516708
- Assets Own Use
- 1516708
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £403,807
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £10,905
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £1,909,610
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 10905
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £376,633
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 1909610
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 1909610
- Count Employees
- 10
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Hampshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Southampton City
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 305
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- A SPACE : GROWING CREATIVE COMMUNITIES
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2010-06-21T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12 AUGUST 2009 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED WITH COMPANIES HOUSE 2 JUNE 2010
- Charitable Objects
- TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY DEVELOPING PUBLIC APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ARTS AND BY IMPROVING ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF, THE VISUAL ARTS, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN SOUTHAMPTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA
- Area Of Benefit
- SOUTHAMPTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures