# THE ANVIL TRUST LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1034961
- **Other names:** ANVIL TRUST LIMITED, THE ANVIL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 16, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1034961


## Contact

- **Address:** Anvil Trust Offices, Churchill Way, BASINGSTOKE
- **Postcode:** RG21 7QR
- **Phone:** 01256 819797
- **Email:** Matthew.Cleaver@anvilarts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.anvilarts.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC HALL. 2) TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MUSIC AND THE OTHER ARTS. 3) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PERSONS LIVING, WORKING OR STUDYING IN OR NEAR BASINGSTOKE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

**Activities:** To run The Anvil (concert hall) ,The Haymarket (theatre) and The Forge (studio) to provide cultural live performance events for Basingstoke, Hampshire and surrounding areas as well as a year-round programme of participatory and educational work for all communities.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE BASINGSTOKE AND SURROUNDING AREA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bracknell Forest
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Slough
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6933075 | £7297629 | £2107911 | 151 |
| March 31, 2024 | £6394736 | £6454858 | £2466889 | 145 |
| March 31, 2023 | £6149322 | £6015235 | £2505462 | 142 |
| March 31, 2022 | £3940447 | £3887517 | £2371375 | 120 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2000072 | £1641134 | £2318445 | 116 |



## Trustees

- **Sara Michelle Catley** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 24, 2017
- Alvin Hargreaves — appointed April 19, 2024
- Andrew Frome — appointed Oct. 10, 2025
- CLLR ONNALEE CUBITT — appointed July 5, 2024
- Claire Murray — appointed Oct. 10, 2025
- Gary Hurry — appointed July 12, 2021
- Jonathan Whitfield QC — appointed July 12, 2021
- Kate Stones — appointed Oct. 10, 2025
- Zoe Seenan — appointed Oct. 10, 2025