Registered charity · Morecambe
Venus & Cupid Arts Trust
Venus & Cupid Arts Trust is a registered charity (number 1150570) based in Morecambe, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Kathryn Macdonald since 2013. Latest income £45 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £45 (2025)
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Lancashire
- Website
- www.venusandcupidartstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45£3k
- 2024£378£1k
- 2023£560£5k
Earlier years
- 2022£710£3k
- 2021£26k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 95%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECT’) IS: TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC’S APPRECIATION OF AND EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THAT OF THE ART OF SCULPTURE BY ACQUIRING AND MAINTAINING THE SCULPTURE KNOWN AS VENUS AND CUPID IN MORECAMBE AND TO SUPPORT SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE ARTS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- 1.TO ACQUIRE FINANCE MAINTAIN REPAIR AND SECURE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE SCULPTURE KNOWN AS VENUS & CUPID AND OTHER PUBLIC ART WORKS AND PROJECTS IN MORECAMBE; 2. TO PURCHASE AND COMMISSION PUBLIC ART WORKS PROJECTS AND EVENTS IN MORECAMBE; AND 3.TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND ASSOCIATED SKILLS IN MORECAMBE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC SKILLS AMONG UNEMPLOYED OR SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUNG PEOPLE.[FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, MORECAMBE SHALL BE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE THE ELECTORAL WARDS OF BARE, HARBOUR, POULTON, TORRISHOLME, WESTGATE HEYSHAM WITH THE ADDITION OF HEST BANK ALL AS DEFINED AT THE DATE OF THE DECLARATION OF THIS DEED.][NOTHING IN THIS DEED SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.]
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Kathryn Macdonald Chair since 2013
- Colin Anthony Brown since 2020
- Jean Anderson since 2022
- Sian Johnson MA Oxon since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Kathryn Macdonald Chair since 2013
- Colin Anthony Brown since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Kathryn Macdonald Chair since 2013
- Colin Anthony Brown since 2020
- Sian Johnson MA Oxon since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Jean Anderson since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1150570
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 21/12/2012
- Contact on the register
- 07711066589 · sian@sja.uk.net
- 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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