The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Metal Culture Limited

Registered charity 1104635 Registered since 2004

Operates: Liverpool City, Southend-on-sea, Peterborough City

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.6y median 1.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

10
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 10Education/training 10Accommodation/housing 9Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Arts and leisure 21Education 5Health and social care 4

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£1.1m 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.5 in 2021

15 from 16 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.
71%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.metalculture.com
Emailchalkwell@metalculture.com
Phone01702470700
AddressCHALKWELL HALL, CHALKWELL AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX, SS0 8NB

Finances

£1,142,964 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,464,441£1,142,859
2022£1,133,944£1,526,296
2023£909,125£940,905
2024£970,725£826,163
2025£1,142,964£970,924

What it does

What

Education/trainingAccommodation/housingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS AND TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PUBLIC INTEREST IN NEW ARTISTIC ENDEAVOURS BY SUPPORTING THE WORK AND ASPIRATIONS OF NEW ARTISTS. 2. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF AND OTHERWISE THE DEVELOPMENT AMONG ARTISTS AND STUDENT ARTISTS OF THEIR PERFORMANCE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERFORMING ARTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF STUDIO SPACE AND SHORT TERM RESIDENCY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 APRIL 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2 JUNE 2004.

Trustees (10)

10trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Metal Culture Limited · 04738521 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/04/2003

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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