MARKETPLACE ARTS — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 8 March 1989
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £315,293
Latest expenditure: £298,493
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: MARCH TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE, MARCH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE15 9JF

02 Activities

What the charity does

The objects of the Association shall be to co-ordinate and promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and the knowledge; understanding and appreciation of the arts among the inhabitants of Fenland District and surrounding areas .

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 5 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 5 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £315,293
Total Gross Expenditure: £298,493

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: 12 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £433
Total Gross Expenditure: £535

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: 19 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £5,784
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,718

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: 19 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £534
Total Gross Expenditure: £982

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: 9 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £282
Total Gross Expenditure: £508

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 5 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £315,293
Total Gross Expenditure: £298,493
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £13,000
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: 41

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MARKETPLACE ARTS
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1989-03-08T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11TH DECEMBER 1988 as amended on 05 Dec 2024
Charitable Objects: To advance the education of the public in the arts by:Encouraging and developing public participation in the performing, visual and other artforms by the presentation of artworks, commissions, concerts, performances, exhibitions and festivals in the districts of Fenland and West Suffolk primarily, as well as in East of England region, Nationally and Internationally. Supporting community wellbeing and capacity building in Fenland and West Suffolk through commissioning of collaborative arts projects addressing issues of place, community, equality and inclusion. Promoting, supporting and developing the creative community of Fenland and West Suffolk including the amateur and voluntary arts sectors and the understanding of collaborative arts practice regionally, nationally and internationally.
Area Of Benefit: FENLAND AND DISTRICT

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 27546
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: FENLAND AND DISTRICT ARTS ASSOCIATION

Charity Name Id: 27548
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: FENLAND ARTS

Charity Name Id: 27550
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: FENLAND ARTS ASSOCIATION

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling