Registered charity (CIO) · Kent
Embracing Arts
Embracing Arts is a registered charity (number 1162812) based in Kent, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £243k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Christmas for Kids (Charity Commission)
- 7 trustees
- Income £243k (2025)
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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
- Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.embracingarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£243k£225k
- 2024£155k£154k
- 2023£113k£94k
Earlier years
- 2022£69k£70k
- 2021£49k£54k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGHOUT THE UK BY MEANS OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND PUPPETRY.
Grants received
15 grants · £254,620 total360Giving 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
- BBC Children in Need · £77,199 (3 grants)
- Postcode Society Trust · £64,667 (2 grants)
- The Fore · £44,302
- City Bridge Trust · £26,600 (2 grants)
- Backstage Trust · £15,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Postcode Society Trust
- Postcode Society Trust
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew Keogan since 2022
- Bar Huberman since 2021
- Charlotte Selene Pym Cornish since 2024
- Dave Hearn since 2018
- David Equality Hull-Watters since 2024
- Emma Jane Reeves since 2015
- Rebekah Catherine Hughes since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dave Hearn since 2018
- Emma Jane Reeves since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Keogan since 2022
- Bar Huberman since 2021
- Charlotte Selene Pym Cornish since 2024
- Dave Hearn since 2018
- David Equality Hull-Watters since 2024
- Emma Jane Reeves since 2015
- Rebekah Catherine Hughes since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 1162812
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 23 JUL 2015 AS AMENDED ON 06 AUG 2020 AS AMENDED ON 10 MAR 2021AMENDED ON 29 MAR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07927022904 · info@embracingarts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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