Registered charity · London
Action for Children's Arts
- 13 trustees
- Income £6k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Janet Helen RobertsonChair · since 2023
- Catherine RitmanTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher JarvisTrustee · since 2016
- David Lee JonesTrustee · since 2017
- David WoodTrustee
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu KannehTrustee · since 2025
- Elaine GrantTrustee · since 2025
- Emma Borley-JohnsonTrustee · since 2025
- Peter James DowseTrustee · since 2023
- Philip SpeddingTrustee · since 2012
- Susan Lynn WhiddingtonTrustee · since 2015
- Toby Benjamin Brailsford MitchellTrustee · since 2023
- Victoria Elizabeth RoweTrustee
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 And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.childrensarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Action for Children's Arts
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6k£26k
- 2024£15k£26k
- 2023£51k£32k
Earlier years
- 2022£16k£9k
- 2021£22k£17k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FURTHER THE ARTISTIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING ALL PROFESSIONAL ART FORMS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13, WHILST BEARING IN MIND CHILDREN'S VOICES WISHES AND NEEDS.
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Janet Helen Robertson Chair since 2023
- Catherine Ritman since 2025
- Christopher Jarvis since 2016
- David Wood
- David Lee Jones since 2017
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh since 2025
- Elaine Grant since 2025
- Emma Borley-Johnson since 2025
- Philip Spedding since 2012
- Peter James Dowse since 2023
- Susan Lynn Whiddington since 2015
- Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell since 2023
- Victoria Elizabeth Rowe
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Jarvis since 2016
- David Lee Jones since 2017
- Philip Spedding since 2012
- Susan Lynn Whiddington since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Janet Helen Robertson Chair since 2023
- Catherine Ritman since 2025
- Christopher Jarvis since 2016
- David Wood
- David Lee Jones since 2017
- Emma Borley-Johnson since 2025
- Peter James Dowse since 2023
- Susan Lynn Whiddington since 2015
- Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell since 2023
- Victoria Elizabeth Rowe
Portfolio (3)
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh since 2025
- Elaine Grant since 2025
- Philip Spedding since 2012
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.
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1114530
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/2010
- Companies House
- Company number 03721564 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07886 925112 · admin@childrensarts.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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