Registered charity · Penrith

Upfront Arts

10 trustees
Income £82k (2025)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
Where: Cumbria
Website: www.up-front.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Upfront Arts Limited
Registered: 2013

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£82k£81k
2024£48k£68k
2023£41k£63k

Earlier years

2022£88k£75k
2021£57k£50k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 6%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND PROMOTE THE ART OF MASK MIME AND PUPPETRY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING THROUGH PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOPS AND TEACHING

Grants received

2 grants · £22,100 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 Heritage Fund · £17,100
Cumbria Community Foundation · £5,000

Most recent

Cumbria Community Foundation £5,0002018-04-11
The National Lottery Heritage Fund £17,1002004-03-01

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.

10 trustees on the board

Laura Macalpin Hamilton Chair since 2014
Alison Mccaw since 2019
Barbara Fellowes since 2022
Gwynne Hunt since 2017
Judith Clarke since 2018
Katie Norman since 2022
Kevan Robert Baker since 2022
Marilyn Anne Baker since 2022
Peter Johncolin Macqueen since 2022
Susan Allan PhD since 2022

6y median 4y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Laura Macalpin Hamilton Chair since 2014
Alison Mccaw since 2019
Gwynne Hunt since 2017
Judith Clarke since 2018

8.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Laura Macalpin Hamilton Chair since 2014
Alison Mccaw since 2019
Barbara Fellowes since 2022
Gwynne Hunt since 2017
Judith Clarke since 2018
Katie Norman since 2022
Peter Johncolin Macqueen since 2022
Susan Allan PhD since 2022

Portfolio (2)

Kevan Robert Baker since 2022
Marilyn Anne Baker since 2022

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 10Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10

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 14Finance 7Manufacturing 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£82k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1153089
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 SEP 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/07/2013
Companies House: Company number 04547236 · Active
Contact on the register: 01768484538 · info@up-front.com
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 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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