The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bridport Arts Centre

Registered charity 1069780 Registered since 1998

Operates: Dorset

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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

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 9Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

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 11Education 7Professional services 5

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£553k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

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

13
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.
25%
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.bridport-arts.com
Emailinfo@bridport-arts.com
Phone01308424204
AddressBRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE, 9A SOUTH STREET, Bridport, DT6 3NR

Finances

£553,404 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£334,912£325,638
2022£383,748£369,200
2023£384,222£495,154
2024£406,758£506,958
2025£553,404£591,957

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARTS, AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION THEREOF AMONG THE INHABITANTS OF BRIDPORT AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPTIONS.TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/04/1998NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07/10/2015

Trustees (9)

9trustees
59median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bridport Arts Centre · 03550280 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/04/1998

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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