Registered charity (CIO) · Shropshire
Arts Alive in Shropshire and Herefordshire
- 8 trustees
- Income £457k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael James ConnollyChair · since 2020
- Kai HuTrustee · since 2024
- Louisa Harriet Cresswell MayorTrustee · since 2020
- Paul GrahamTrustee · since 2019
- Phillip Spencer PearcyTrustee · since 2025
- Shauna Mae O'Reilly PearceTrustee · since 2024
- Stephanie HintonTrustee · since 2019
- Violet Isobel HudsonTrustee · since 2024
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, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Cheshire West & Chester, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and more
- Website
- www.artsalive.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£457k£461k
- 2024£340k£336k
- 2023£234k£239k
Earlier years
- 2022£344k£339k
- 2021£275k£207k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARTISTIC TASTE AND KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS BY ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATION OF A RANGE OF GOOD QUALITY PROFESSIONAL ARTS EVENTS IN SHROPSHIRE & HEREFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS
Grants received
2 grants · £42,428 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 · £28,928
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £13,500
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
8 trustees on the board
- Michael James Connolly Chair since 2020
- Kai Hu since 2024
- Louisa Harriet Cresswell Mayor since 2020
- Paul Graham since 2019
- Phillip Spencer Pearcy since 2025
- Stephanie Hinton since 2019
- Shauna Mae O'Reilly Pearce since 2024
- Violet Isobel Hudson since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael James Connolly Chair since 2020
- Louisa Harriet Cresswell Mayor since 2020
- Paul Graham since 2019
- Stephanie Hinton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Michael James Connolly Chair since 2020
- Kai Hu since 2024
- Louisa Harriet Cresswell Mayor since 2020
- Phillip Spencer Pearcy since 2025
- Shauna Mae O'Reilly Pearce since 2024
- Violet Isobel Hudson since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Paul Graham since 2019
- Stephanie Hinton since 2019
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1182373
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Mar 2019
- Contact on the register
- 01588620883 · ian@artsalive.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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