CCEW Charity Commission profile

ARTS AND HERITAGE CIO

Registered charity 1205742 · organisation 5221981

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
CIO
Registered
15 November 2023
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
15 November 2023 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£89,507
Latest expenditure
£150,205
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
Yes

Public contact address: Arts and Heritage CIO, QUEENS HALL, BEAUMONT STREET, HEXHAM, NE46 3LS

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Working across the UK to promote the use of contemporary arts as a mechanism to develop inclusive narratives around history and cultural heritage (tangible, intangible or natural). Ensure that heritage contexts remain relevant to the general public and advance the contemporary arts through commisioning and advocating for contemporary art in any form that responds to cultural heritage stories.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
15 November 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
22 October 2025
Date Accounts Received
22 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£89,507
Total Gross Expenditure
£150,205

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
15 November 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
22 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£89,507
Total Gross Expenditure
£150,205
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Count Govt Contracts
0
Count Govt Grants
£1
Income From Government Grants
£2,980
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
Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
5

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
309
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Classification Code
308
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Classification Code
102
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Education/training
Classification Code
205
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Classification Code
306
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Services
Classification Code
307
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Classification Code
109
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
ARTS AND HERITAGE CIO
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
CIO registration
Date Of Event
2023-11-15T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Nov 2023
Charitable Objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE USE OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS AS A MECHANISM TO DEVELOP INCLUSIVE NARRATIVES AROUND HISTORY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE (WHETHER TANGIBLE, INTANGIBLE OR NATURAL) TO ENSURE THAT HERITAGE CONTEXTS REMAIN RELEVANT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; AND2) TO ADVANCE THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMISSIONING OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN ANY FORM TO RESPOND TO CULTURAL HERITAGE STORIES.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘CULTURAL HERITAGE’ REFERS TO THE LEGACY OF PHYSICAL ARTEFACTS AND INTANGIBLE ATTRIBUTES OF A GROUP OR SOCIETY THAT IS INHERITED FROM PAST GENERATIONS, MAINTAINED IN THE PRESENT, AND BESTOWED FOR THE BENEFIT OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. IT INCLUDES TANGIBLE CULTURE (SUCH AS BUILDINGS, MONUMENTS, LANDSCAPES, BOOKS, WORKS OF ART, AND ARTEFACTS), INTANGIBLE CULTURE (SUCH AS FOLKLORE, TRADITIONS, LANGUAGE, AND KNOWLEDGE), AND NATURAL HERITAGE (INCLUDING CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPES, BIODIVERSITY, AND ECOSYSTEMS).

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
669994
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
ARTS&HERITAGE
Charity Name Id
675097
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
ARTS AND HERITAGE C.I.C.

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