Registered charity · Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Arts Centre
- 10 trustees
- Income £959k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Wendy DownsChair · since 2020
- Curtis Miles SheltonTrustee · since 2019
- Frederick Philip RichingsTrustee · since 2019
- Keith Anthony FraserTrustee · since 2012
- Lynn CourtTrustee · since 2023
- Martin CartwrightTrustee · since 2014
- Olivia Kerr MsTrustee · since 2022
- Richard James AshwellTrustee
- Ryan TaylorTrustee · since 2017
- Tom RodenTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Wolverhampton
- Website
- www.newhamptonarts.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wolverhampton Arts Centre LTD.
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£959k£1.1m
- 2024£831k£679k
- 2023£569k£692k
Earlier years
- 2022£601k£629k
- 2021£563k£371k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF WOLVERHAMPTON AND SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE FOR THE SAID COMMUNITY
Grants received
10 grants · £572,390 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £251,145
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £183,312
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £55,000 (2 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £25,000
- BBC Children in Need · £18,750
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Wendy Downs Chair since 2020
- Curtis Miles Shelton since 2019
- Frederick Philip Richings since 2019
- Keith Anthony Fraser since 2012
- Lynn Court since 2023
- Martin Cartwright since 2014
- Olivia Kerr Ms since 2022
- Ryan Taylor since 2017
- Richard James Ashwell
- Tom Roden since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Curtis Miles Shelton since 2019
- Frederick Philip Richings since 2019
- Keith Anthony Fraser since 2012
- Martin Cartwright since 2014
- Ryan Taylor since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Wendy Downs Chair since 2020
- Curtis Miles Shelton since 2019
- Frederick Philip Richings since 2019
- Keith Anthony Fraser since 2012
- Lynn Court since 2023
- Olivia Kerr Ms since 2022
- Ryan Taylor since 2017
- Tom Roden since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- Martin Cartwright since 2014
- Richard James Ashwell
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 11.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1066687
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 MARCH 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 NOVEMBER 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 AUGUST 2000 as amended on 06 May 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03340600 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01902572282 · office@newhamptonarts.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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