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Black Swan Arts LTD

Registered charity 292463 Registered since 1985

Operates: Somerset

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

4
company-linked trustees

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 2Tech and media 2Business services 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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£237k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

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Contact

Websitewww.blackswanarts.org.uk
Emailoffice@blackswanarts.org.uk
Phone01373473980
AddressBlack Swan Arts, Bridge Street, FROME, BA11 1BB

Finances

£236,654 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£114,160£80,569
2022£128,369£141,498
2023£155,359£184,604
2024£176,997£197,046
2025£236,654£241,058

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/science

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE THE EXERCISE AND MAINTAIN THE STANDARD OF CRAFTS AND IMPROVE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND FOSTER AND INCREASE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC THEREIN; (B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND TO FOSTER A GREATER CULTURAL AWARENESS; (C) TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF FROME AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD; (D) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE BLACK SWAN INN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH SEPTEMBER 1985, AS AMENDED 25 SEPTEMBER 1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15 DEC 2017AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 06 JAN 2017

Trustees (6)

6trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Black Swan Arts LTD · 01944551 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 04/09/1985

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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