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Registered charity · Cockermouth

Kirkgate Arts

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £596k (2025)
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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, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
Where
Cumbria
Website
www.kirkgatearts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Kirkgate Arts
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£596k£346k
  • 2024£362k£308k
  • 2023£291k£325k
Earlier years
  • 2022£240k£223k
  • 2021£174k£239k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR THE PROVISION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES.TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF COCKERMOUTH AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY THE DELIVERY OF (A) AND (B) ABOVE

Grants received

13 grants · £1,067,170 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 Community Fund · £537,577 (3 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £220,000
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £213,734 (4 grants)
  • Power to Change Trust · £93,454 (2 grants)
  • Cumbria Community Foundation · £2,405 (3 grants)

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
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 9Education/training 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9

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 11Professional services 2Business services 1

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£596k 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.

21.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

5
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
1126602
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21 OCTOBER 2008
Companies House
Company number 06632306 · Active
Contact on the register
01900 829966 · admin@thekirkgate.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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