The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Colchester Arts Centre

Registered charity 288652 Registered since 1984

Operates: Essex

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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.

4.2y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

9
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 9Environment/conservation/heritage 9Education/training 3Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 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 17Education 4Professional services 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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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£1.0m 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.

3.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.5 in 2021

36 from 17 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

Websitewww.colchesterartscentre.com
Emailinfo@colchesterartscentre.com
Phone01206500900
AddressColchester Arts Centre, Church Street, COLCHESTER, CO1 1NF

Finances

£1,011,520 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£625,989£322,473
2022£854,171£652,024
2023£998,717£901,286
2024£1,495,073£1,118,628
2025£1,011,520£1,071,496

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING ANDENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFORMING ARTS, VISUAL ARTS AND LITERARY ARTS BY PROVINDING ACCOMODATION AND FACILITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH JANUARY 1984 as amended on 21 May 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
66median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Colchester Arts Centre · 01782715 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/01/1984

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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