Registered charity (CIO) · Suffolk
Sole BAY Arts C.I.O.
- 10 trustees
- Income £243k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Prof Geoffrey Michael Rowan-RobinsonChair · since 2019
- Frances Judith GriffithsTrustee · since 2024
- Grant Anthony MasomTrustee · since 2025
- Julie Ann JordanTrustee · since 2025
- Paul David LukeTrustee · since 2023
- Paul HegartyTrustee · since 2020
- Ridley Michael BurnettTrustee · since 2021
- Robert MoleTrustee · since 2019
- Simon FlunderTrustee · since 2020
- Victoria Margaret RedingtonTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- Where
- Suffolk
- Website
- www.southwoldartscentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£243k£246k
- 2024£239k£204k
- 2023£208k£194k
Earlier years
- 2022£160k£177k
- 2021£184k£130k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE AND TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTHWOLD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THEM, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING WITH THEM AND WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY (INTER ALIA) ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ARTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE IN ST EDMUND'S HALL, SOUTHWOLD.
Grants received
2 grants · £33,000 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £28,000
- Suffolk Community Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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
- Prof Geoffrey Michael Rowan-Robinson Chair since 2019
- Frances Judith Griffiths since 2024
- Grant Anthony Masom since 2025
- Julie Ann Jordan since 2025
- Paul David Luke since 2023
- Paul Hegarty since 2020
- Robert Mole since 2019
- Ridley Michael Burnett since 2021
- Simon Flunder since 2020
- Victoria Margaret Redington since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Prof Geoffrey Michael Rowan-Robinson Chair since 2019
- Paul Hegarty since 2020
- Robert Mole since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Prof Geoffrey Michael Rowan-Robinson Chair since 2019
- Frances Judith Griffiths since 2024
- Julie Ann Jordan since 2025
- Paul David Luke since 2023
- Paul Hegarty since 2020
- Ridley Michael Burnett since 2021
- Victoria Margaret Redington since 2023
Portfolio (3)
- Grant Anthony Masom since 2025
- Robert Mole since 2019
- Simon Flunder since 2020
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
- 1170774
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Dec 2016
- Contact on the register
- 01502722572 · info@southwoldartscentre.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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