The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual ART Limited

Registered charity 287894 Registered since 1984

Operates: Throughout London, Essex, Staffordshire

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.4y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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 3Education 3Professional services 3

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.acava.org
Emailhello@acava.org
Phone02089605015
AddressACAVA LTD, 54 BLECHYNDEN STREET, LONDON, W10 6RJ

Finances

£2,017,915 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,093,832£2,122,842
2022£2,017,915£2,207,162
2023
2024
2025

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
47median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual ART · 01749730 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/09/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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