Creative Arts East

Registered charity 1040321 Registered since 1994

Operates: Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire

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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.

5 trustees on the board

5y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Elizabeth Helen Somerville since 2018

9.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

James Liam Mcdermott since 2021

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 5Disability 5Education/training 5

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

Arts and leisure 5Professional services 1Tech and media 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£771k 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.

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

11 from 15 in 2023

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.

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

Holt Art Projects Limited 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Nottinghamshire Deaf Society Similar size; both Community development
The Family & Relationship Centre Similar size; both Community development
Trinity Activities Similar size; both Community development
Suffolk Refugee Support Similar size; both Community development
Hastings Advice and Representation Centre Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.creativeartseast.co.uk
Email	info@creativeartseast.co.uk
Phone	01953713390
Address	DRAGON HALL, 115-123 KING STREET, NORWICH, NR1 1QE

Finances

£771,126 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£429,189	£429,760
2022	£481,918	£485,758
2023	£597,470	£599,928
2024	£644,698	£643,288
2025	£771,126	£769,794

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

The charity is established for the purposes of promoting, maintaining, improving, and advancing education within the community at large and particularly in rural areas by the promotion, production, performance, and encouragement of the arts, that is to say: the performing, visual, media, plastic, digital, and/or written arts.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 JULY 1994 AS AMENDED 2 MAY 2002 AND 31 OCTOBER 2002 as amended on 11 Feb 2024

Trustees (5)

5trustees

54median age

0aged 70+

Elizabeth Helen Somervilleage band 65-69 since 2018
James Liam Mcdermottage band 30-34 since 2021
Lynne Simpkinage band 50-54 since 2021
MAX Owen Edwardsage band 60-64
Thomas Dunstonage band 30-34 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Creative Arts East · 02960157 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/08/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Holt Art Projects Limited 1 shared trustee

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