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Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual ART Limited

Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual ART Limited is a registered charity (number 287894) based in London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Paul Augarde since 2019. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as A C A V A (Charity Commission)

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Throughout London, Essex, Staffordshire
Website
www.acava.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual ART
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.0m£2.2m
  • 2021£2.1m£2.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UK, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CREATION AND DISPLAY OF ART AND ACCESS TO COURSES, EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS.

Grants received

7 grants · £42,670 total

360Giving 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

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.

8 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 3 years.
2020
2021
2022
incomespending£2.0m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2021 and 2022
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.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

22 from 26 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
287894
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 SEP 1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JAN 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 06 MAR 2020
Companies House
Company number 01749730 · Active
Contact on the register
02089605015 · hello@acava.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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