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Registered charity · Frome

Black Swan Arts LTD

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £237k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Somerset
Website
www.blackswanarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Black Swan Arts LTD
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£237k£241k
  • 2024£177k£197k
  • 2023£155k£185k
Earlier years
  • 2022£128k£141k
  • 2021£114k£81k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

1 grant · £9,900 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,900

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9002007-04-16
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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 3y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

6
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 6

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 8Tech and media 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£237k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
292463
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 01944551 · Active
Contact on the register
01373473980 · office@blackswanarts.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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