Create (Arts) Limited

Registered charity 1099733 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

7 trustees on the board

8y median 7.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Antony George Cates Chair since 2020
Carol Topolski since 2013
Marit Meyer-Bell since 2017
Vanessa Sharp since 2015

12.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

Antony George Cates Chair since 2020

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 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 6Professional services 4Business services 1

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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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£1.6m latest income

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.

7.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

22 from 17 in 2021

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

The Counselling Foundation 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Spike Island Artspace Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Rothschild Archive Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Bishopsgate Foundation Similar size; both Arts and culture
The Clore Leadership Programme Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.createarts.org.uk
Email	info@createarts.org.uk
Phone	02073748485
Address	3rd Floor, 14 Austin Friars, London

Finances

£1,574,288 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,058,636	£823,926
2022	£1,013,013	£952,613
2023	£1,138,783	£1,104,733
2024	£1,237,129	£1,248,475
2025	£1,574,288	£1,338,149

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

A) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS.B) TO PROMOTE THE USE OF THE ARTS, PARTICULARLY THE CREATIVE ARTS, AS A WAY OF;I) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THE POOR, SICK, DISABLED, ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION.II) REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS.III) RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THE UNEMPLOYED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED 10 AUGUST 2005

Trustees (7)

7trustees

60median age

2aged 70+

Antony George Catesage band 60-64 Chair since 2020
Carol Topolskiage band 75-79 since 2013
John Broadisage band 70-74
Marit Meyer-Bell since 2017
Monica Holly Robinsonage band 30-34 since 2021
Simone Jade Rita Wrightage band 40-44 since 2022
Vanessa Sharpage band 55-59 since 2015

Linked company (Companies House)

Create (Arts) Limited · 04728145 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/04/2003

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

The Counselling Foundation 1 shared trustee

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