Registered charity · London
Create (Arts) Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £1.6m (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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.createarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Create (Arts) Limited
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.6m£1.3m
- 2024£1.2m£1.2m
- 2023£1.1m£1.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£953k
- 2021£1.1m£824k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
42 grants · £2,357,999 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
- John Lyon's Charity · £388,100 (7 grants)
- St Paul's Schools Foundation · £364,644 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £290,815 (4 grants)
- Prudence Trust · £151,579
- City Bridge Trust · £151,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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
- Antony George Cates Chair since 2020
- Carol Topolski since 2013
- Dawn Andrea Carter-Mcdonald since 2026
- John Broadis
- Marit Meyer-Bell since 2017
- Simone Jade Rita Wright since 2022
- Vanessa Sharp since 2015
Trustees past 6 years
- Antony George Cates Chair since 2020
- Carol Topolski since 2013
- Marit Meyer-Bell since 2017
- Vanessa Sharp since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Carol Topolski since 2013
- Dawn Andrea Carter-Mcdonald since 2026
- John Broadis
- Marit Meyer-Bell since 2017
- Simone Jade Rita Wright since 2022
- Vanessa Sharp since 2015
Portfolio (1)
- Antony George Cates Chair since 2020
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
7.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1099733
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED 10 AUGUST 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 04728145 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02073748485 · info@createarts.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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