Back to Ours Arts Limited

Registered charity 1197763 Registered since 2022

Operates: East Riding Of Yorkshire, Kingston Upon Hull City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

David Watson Jnr Chair since 2023
Aidan Lesser-Moor since 2024
Karen ANN AMA Okra since 2022
Laura Smith since 2025
Louise Clare Smith since 2025
Malcolm Raymond Scrivener since 2022
Neil Richard Franklin since 2024

2.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

David Watson Jnr Chair since 2023
Aidan Lesser-Moor since 2024
Laura Smith since 2025
Louise Clare Smith since 2025
Malcolm Raymond Scrivener since 2022
Neil Richard Franklin since 2024

Portfolio (1)

Karen ANN AMA Okra since 2022

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 6Disability 1Education/training 1Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1

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 7Business services 1Health and social care 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 3 years.

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£589k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

6 from 7 in 2024

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

Tourettes-Syndrome, Inclusion in the Community (T.I.C.) 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Tamasha Theatre Company Limited Similar size; both Arts and culture
Rluk (Research Libraries UK) Similar size; both Arts and culture
Arts Care Gofal Celf Similar size; both Arts and culture
Eastside Educational Trust Similar size; both Arts and culture
Spread the Word Similar size; both Arts and culture

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	http://www.backtoours.co.uk
Email	team@backtoours.co.uk
Phone	07442205524
Address	The Enterprise Centre, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX

Finances

£589,122 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2023	£111,911	£85,077
2024	£570,930	£541,017
2025	£589,122	£552,383

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, DRAMA, POETRY, CRAFT AND MEDIA ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BY?(A) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS IN THE DISTRICT OF KINGSTON UPON HULL AND REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY;(B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15 APR 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees

63median age

0aged 70+

David Watson Jnr Chair since 2023
Aidan Lesser-Moor since 2024
Karen ANN AMA Okraage band 60-64 since 2022
Laura Smith since 2025
Louise Clare Smith since 2025
Malcolm Raymond Scrivenerage band 60-64 since 2022
Neil Richard Franklinage band 65-69 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Back to Ours Arts Limited · 13337774 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 15/04/2021

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Tourettes-Syndrome, Inclusion in the Community (T.I.C.) 1 shared trustee

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