The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Association for Cultural Enterprises

Registered charity 1122763 Registered since 2008

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

3.8y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (2)

11
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 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 14Arts and leisure 11Retail and trade 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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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£975k 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.

2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.7 in 2021

8 from 7 in 2022
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.culturalenterprises.org.uk
Emailinfo@culturalenterprises.org.uk
Phone01388 741394
AddressUnit B7, Castle Gardens, Stanhope, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL13 2FJ

Finances

£975,490 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£487,405£385,373
2022£683,506£680,928
2023£670,949£768,611
2024£808,363£952,146
2025£975,490£948,795

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1) TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR ALL ITS MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON COMMERCE IN THE CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SECTOR; AND2) TO PROMOTE THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY ASSISTING VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND CHARITIES TO MAXIMISE THEIR REVENUE BY PROVIDING A FORUM FOR SHARING INFORMATION AND IDEAS ON COMMERCE IN THE CULTURAL AND HERITAGE SECTOR.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/09/2012 as amended on 12 Nov 2018 as amended on 14 Aug 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
45median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Association for Cultural Enterprises · 06480726 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/01/2008

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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