Registered charity · Somerset
Acearts Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £185k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.acearts.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Acearts Limited
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£185k£195k
- 2024£155k£150k
- 2023£147k£173k
Earlier years
- 2022£182k£183k
- 2021£152k£129k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TO PROMOTE ART, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ART SESSIONS AND PROMOTING ARTISTIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS.2) TO PRESERVE SOMERTON OLD TOWN HALL, A BUILDING OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.3) TO PROMOTE HEALTH FOR PERSONS IN POOR HEALTH, OLD AGE OR WITH A DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE AND WORKSHOPS, CLASSES AND ART SESSIONS AND PROMOTING ARTISTIC EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS;B) THE PROVISION OF EXERCISE ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL INTERACTION AND STIMULATION
Grants received
16 grants · £100,000 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £55,000 (4 grants)
- Somerset Community Foundation · £40,700 (9 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,300 (3 grants)
Most recent
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 Frank Palmer since 2025
- Andrew James Elfick since 2020
- Deborah Lynn Minter since 2025
- Helen Chaloner since 2025
- Lynne Sandbach since 2025
- Rhiannon Cross since 2023
- Sandra Meech since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Andrew Frank Palmer since 2025
- Deborah Lynn Minter since 2025
- Helen Chaloner since 2025
- Rhiannon Cross since 2023
- Sandra Meech since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Andrew James Elfick since 2020
- Lynne Sandbach 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
- 1166886
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 SEP 2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10 FEB 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 08 APR 2016 as amended on 25 Jun 2025 as amended on 25 Jun 2025 as amended on 05 Dec 2025 as amended on 31 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 09815245 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01458273008 · Hello@acearts.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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