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Creative Folkestone

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £3.0m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 4 more
Where
Kent
Website
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Creative Folkestone
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.0m£3.3m
  • 2024£3.1m£2.7m
  • 2023£2.8m£2.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.9m£3.9m
  • 2021£3.7m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 15%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE FOSTERING, PROMOTION AND INCREASE AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF ART, MUSIC AND LITERATURE, BY, IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF (A) EDUCATION (OF ALL TYPES AND AT ALL LEVELS) IN THE FIELDS OF THE VISUAL, CREATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS AND DESIGN; AND(B) STUDIOS, GALLERIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE ART INCLUDING DRAMATIC AND VISUAL ART), MUSIC AND LITERATURE MAY BE PRACTISED, CREATED OR EXHIBITED;2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN NEED AND WHO ARE UNABLE TO PROCURE SUCH ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES TO SET UP BUSINESSES AND, IN PARTICULAR, BY ASSISTING ARTISTS (WHETHER THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WORK SPACES OR OTHER FACILITIES AND ASSISTANCE, OR OTHERWISE TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING THROUGH THEIR ART;3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE INHABITANTS OF FOLKESTONE AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICT;4. THE PROMOTION, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR FOLKESTONE OLD TOWN) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;(B) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(D) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (1) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (2) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES;(E) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(F) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING;(G) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(H) THE PRESERVATION 0F BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;(I) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(J) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT;(K) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE;(L) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND(M) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED, SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES; AND 5. THE FURTHERING OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Grants received

7 grants · £1,363,099 total

360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £744,600
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £407,360
  • The Linbury Trust · £140,000 (2 grants)
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £63,500 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,639

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.

10 trustees on the board

7y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Economic/community Development/employment 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.

Property 10Arts and leisure 7Construction 7

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.0m 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.

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

26 from 20 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1105174
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 OCTOBER 2002 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2009. as amended on 02 May 2019
Companies House
Company number 04566484 · Active
Contact on the register
01303 760750 · info@creativefolkestone.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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