Registered charity (CIO) · Banbury
Mill Arts Centre Trust
- 10 trustees
- Income £938k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barbara Baseley-SmithChair · since 2019
- Al MillerTrustee · since 2026
- Andrew MchughTrustee · since 2022
- Annalysa GodinTrustee · since 2026
- Catherine Richeldis SnellingTrustee · since 2022
- Karen WarrenTrustee · since 2016
- Katalin LaceyTrustee · since 2026
- Rafael Oliveira LimaTrustee · since 2026
- Robert PattendenTrustee · since 2024
- Sarah Louise NortonTrustee · since 2018
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, Recreation
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire
- Website
- https//www.themillartscentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£938k£1.1m
- 2024£945k£923k
- 2023£726k£721k
Earlier years
- 2022£685k£663k
- 2021£465k£423k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO BENEFIT BOTH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS OF BANBURY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION SERVED BY THE TOWN OF BANBURY ("THE AREA") AND ALSO PEOPLE AT LARGE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES (RECOGNISED UNDER ENGLISH LAW):• TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; • TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; • TO PROVIDE (AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF) FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA; AND• TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.THE CIO’S CHARITABLE PURPOSES WILL BE FURTHERED AT OR DIRECTED FROM THE MILL ARTS CENTRE BANBURY ("THE MILL").
Grants received
12 grants · £511,115 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
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £366,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £60,969 (6 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £50,000 (2 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £30,146
- Oxfordshire Community Foundation · £4,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Barbara Baseley-Smith Chair since 2019
- Al Miller since 2026
- Andrew Mchugh since 2022
- Annalysa Godin since 2026
- Catherine Richeldis Snelling since 2022
- Karen Warren since 2016
- Katalin Lacey since 2026
- Rafael Oliveira Lima since 2026
- Robert Pattenden since 2024
- Sarah Louise Norton since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Baseley-Smith Chair since 2019
- Karen Warren since 2016
- Sarah Louise Norton since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Barbara Baseley-Smith Chair since 2019
- Al Miller since 2026
- Annalysa Godin since 2026
- Catherine Richeldis Snelling since 2022
- Karen Warren since 2016
- Katalin Lacey since 2026
- Rafael Oliveira Lima since 2026
- Robert Pattenden since 2024
- Sarah Louise Norton since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Mchugh 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
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1165998
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 11 Mar 2016 as amended on 29 Jan 2020 as amended on 27 Feb 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01295 227175 · ANDREW.LISTER@THEMILLARTSCENTRE.CO.UK
- 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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