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Registered charity · Isle of Wight

Independent Arts

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £439k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 1 more
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.independentarts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Independent Arts
Registered
1987

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£439k£375k
  • 2024£343k£381k
  • 2023£307k£413k
Earlier years
  • 2022£304k£413k
  • 2021£377k£300k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR PERSONS HAVING SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE ARTS GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING (BY WAY OF EXAMPLE ONLY AND NOT OF LIMITATION) THE ARTS OF BALLET, FILM, DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, POETRY, LITERATURE, THE GRAPHIC ARTS, SCULPTURE CRAFTS AND DESIGN ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT. (B) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, PARTICULARLY THERAPEUTIC FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND IN PARTICULAR FOR MENTALLY OR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED OR AGED OR OTHER PERSONS HAVING SPECIAL NEEDS ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT

Grants received

33 grants · £820,797 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.

10 trustees on the board

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Disability 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 2

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

Health and social care 9Retail and trade 6Transport 4

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£439k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
297474
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 16 JULY 1987
Companies House
Company number 02147908 · Active
Contact on the register
01983822437 · info@independentarts.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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