Registered charity · Stratford-upon-Avon
Escape Community ART in Action
1. To improve quality of life and promote equality through the social inclusion and integration of beneficiaries who are in need by reason of their age, health inequalities, mental health conditions, physical or learning disabilities, in particular...
- 7 trustees
- Income £309k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 2 more
- Where
- Warwickshire
- Website
- www.escapearts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Escape: Community ART in Action
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£309k£307k
- 2024£368k£337k
- 2023£409k£385k
Earlier years
- 2022£303k£334k
- 2021£248k£218k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 12%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. To improve quality of life and promote equality through the social inclusion and integration of beneficiaries who are in need by reason of their age, health inequalities, mental health conditions, physical or learning disabilities, in particular but not exclusively by providing or assisting with the provision of creative arts and heritage-led educational and recreational activities, helping to reduce isolation and improve physical and mental health and wellbeing.2. To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of Warwickshire and surrounding area (hereinafter called ‘the area of benefit’)
Grants received
21 grants · £1,340,990 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 · £916,733 (12 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £256,741 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £85,336
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £66,500 (4 grants)
- Sport England · £15,680 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
7 trustees on the board
- Bruce William Draper since 2026
- Kate Davies since 2023
- Louise Suzanne Schmitz since 2018
- Nicholas Mccarthy since 2024
- Paul Taylor since 2018
- Sharon Marie Walpole since 2016
- Stewart William Bell since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Louise Suzanne Schmitz since 2018
- Paul Taylor since 2018
- Sharon Marie Walpole since 2016
- Stewart William Bell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Bruce William Draper since 2026
- Kate Davies since 2023
- Louise Suzanne Schmitz since 2018
- Nicholas Mccarthy since 2024
- Paul Taylor since 2018
- Sharon Marie Walpole since 2016
- Stewart William Bell since 2019
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1097718
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 MAY 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 30 APRIL 2003 as amended on 25 Jan 2021 as amended on 27 Jan 2022 as amended on 24 Jan 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 04441388 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01789 532110 · info@escapearts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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