Registered charity · Thirsk
Rural Arts North Yorkshire
Rural Arts North Yorkshire is a registered charity (number 1081007) based in Thirsk, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Graham Easterlow since 2025. Latest income £555k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Rural Arts (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £555k (2025)
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Who leads it
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, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- North Yorkshire, Redcar And Cleveland, East Riding Of Yorkshire
- Website
- www.ruralarts.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Rural Arts North Yorkshire
- Registered
- 2000
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£555k£706k
- 2024£586k£646k
- 2023£604k£467k
Earlier years
- 2022£526k£394k
- 2021£628k£391k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 24% · Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF RURAL ARTS IN ALL THEIR FORMS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND PRIMARILY IN THE AREA OF NORTH YORKSHIRE.
Grants received
21 grants · £866,962 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £454,435 (5 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £151,180 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £140,061 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £64,630 (4 grants)
- Rank Foundation · £20,775 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Graham Easterlow Chair since 2025
- Martha Ford Tomlinson since 2024
- Thomas Hickman since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Martha Ford Tomlinson since 2024
- Thomas Hickman since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Graham Easterlow Chair since 2025
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
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1081007
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 MARCH 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 DECEMBER 2003 as amended on 22 Jun 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03949494 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01845526536 · info@ruralarts.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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