The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

ART Shape Limited

Registered charity 1023920 Registered since 1993

Operates: Gloucestershire

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
16y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Disability 9Education/training 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 8Education 4Professional services 2

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£707k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

32 from 34 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
90%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.artshape.co.uk
Emailinfo@artshape.co.uk
Phone01452863855
AddressAtcost Barn, Brockworth Court Farm, Court Road, Brockworth, Gloucester

Finances

£706,847 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£786,854£708,269
2022£653,236£629,780
2023£748,688£653,211
2024£614,645£577,876
2025£706,847£645,886

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE IN THE ARTS GENERALLY AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY AND NOT LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, BALLET, MIME, DANCE, SINGING, MUSIC, POETRY, LITERATURE, GRAPHIC ART, SCULPTURE, CRAFTS AND DESIGN AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23RD MARCH 1992

Trustees (9)

9trustees
62median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

ART Shape Limited · 02699644 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/03/1992

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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