The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Venture Arts

Registered charity 1176385 Registered since 2017

Operates: Bolton, Bury, Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford City, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan

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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

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10Disability 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 14Property 2Tech and media 2

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£703k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.8 in 2021

22 from 18 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttps://venturearts.org/
Emailinfo@venturearts.org
Phone01612321223
AddressVENTURE ARTS, 43-45 OLD BIRLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, M15 5RF

Finances

£703,071 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£720,893£463,236
2022£659,277£603,457
2023£778,466£795,790
2024£722,106£696,877
2025£703,071£707,283

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1)PROVIDE RELIEF TO LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING:(A)HELP AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE ARTS FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS; AND(B)SUPPORT AND FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND EDUCATION OF LEARNING DISABLED PEOPLE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE THROUGH THE ARTS.(2)ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: (A)PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS, TRAINING COURSES AND MENTORING IN VARIOUS ART FORMS;(B)EVENTS, FESTIVALS AND WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAMMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND SCHOOLS; AND(C)FACILITIES AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE THE CREATION OF ART. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS, "ART" INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO DRAWING, PAINTING, TEXTILES, PHOTOGRAPHY, ANIMATION AND FILM, SCULPTURE, PRINTMAKING, CERAMICS AND COMPUTER GENERATED WORK.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 JUN 2017 as amended on 27 Feb 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
62median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Venture Arts · 10823617 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 16/06/2017

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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