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Soft Touch Arts Limited

Registered charity 1147318 Registered since 2012

Operates: Leicestershire, Leicester 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.

9 trustees on the board

6.2y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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 9Business services 2Other services 2

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£773k 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.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.7 in 2021

27 from 25 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.
16%
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.soft-touch.org.uk
Emailinfo@soft-touch.org.uk
Phone01162552592
Address50 New Walk, LEICESTER, LE1 6TF

Finances

£772,799 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£690,517£519,348
2022£701,297£594,953
2023£601,625£705,278
2024£706,715£724,889
2025£772,799£676,989

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreation

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:A. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS.B. TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISADVANTAGED IN SOCIETY BY WAY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITY AND VULNERABLE PHYSICAL CIRCUMSTANCE, SUCH AS BEING IN CARE OR HOMELESS, THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE CREATION OF MUSIC, FILM AND VIDEO, MULTI MEDIA INSTALLATIONS, SCULPTURE, DRAMA AND GRAPHIC DESIGNS.C. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS AND APTITUDES SUCH AS CREATIVE EXPRESSION, SELF CONFIDENCE, GROUP WORKING AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS.D. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:I. THE PROVISION OF ARTS AND MEDIA ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;II. PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.E. TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ARTS, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.F. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MEANS OF:I. ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE;II. ADVANCING EDUCATION;III. RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; ANDIV. PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.G. AND TO CARRY OUT ALL OTHER SUCH WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, EAST MIDLANDS AND OCCASIONALLY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE UK TO SHARE GOOD PRACTICE OR REPLICATE MODELS OF DELIVERY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/10/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/12/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 16/03/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28/02/2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01/03/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/02/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06/12/2011NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 24/04/2012

Trustees (9)

9trustees
50median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Soft Touch Arts Limited · 02063893 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/10/1986

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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