Dartford Arts Centre

Registered charity 1082004 Registered since 2000

Operates: Kent

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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.

8 trustees on the board

3.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Cormac Dorrian since 2018

13.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (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 8

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

Business services 8Education 6Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£645k 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.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.3 in 2021

23 from 14 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.

Also active in the same field

Pimlico Opera Similar size; both Arts and culture
Irie Dance Theatre Similar size; both Arts and culture
Eric and Salome Estorick Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
Activate Performing Arts Similar size; both Arts and culture
Book Works (UK) Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
London Sikh Centre (Ealing) Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.themickjaggercentre.com
Email	mail@themickjaggercentre.com
Phone	01322223039
Address	SHEPHERDS LANE, WEST HILL, DARTFORD, KENT, DA1 2JZ

Finances

£644,978 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£307,669	£349,799
2022	£428,240	£425,098
2023	£574,531	£543,047
2024	£652,144	£596,709
2025	£644,978	£605,484

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN DARTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS (2) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF DARTFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS BY PROVIDING, MANAGING AND MAKING AVAILABLE A BASE FOR THE PRACTICE, TEACHING, PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING OF MUSIC AND OF RELATED AND OTHER ARTS FOR USE BY THE SAID INHABITANTS GENERALLY AND BY THOSE INHABITANTS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED, THROUGH PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, ECONOMIC, FAMILY OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THEREBY ENCOURAGING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 29 MARCH 2000

Trustees (8)

8trustees

59median age

2aged 70+

Cormac Dorrianage band 55-59 since 2018
David Edward Oldcornage band 80-84
Dr Michaela Kinghamage band 55-59
Julian Metcalfage band 50-54 since 2021
Peter Scuttsage band 85-89
Sarah Goldingage band 55-59 since 2024
Stephen Gardnerage band 45-49 since 2024
Vijay Prasad Jainage band 45-49 since 2026

Linked company (Companies House)

Dartford Arts Centre · 03958793 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/03/2000

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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