# VISUAL ARTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1091282
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** March 21, 2002
- **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=1091282


## Contact

- **Address:** The Old Stables, High Green, Tarset, HEXHAM
- **Postcode:** NE48 1RP
- **Phone:** 07805337464
- **Email:** helen@varc.org.uk
- **Website:** www.varc.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** "TO FOSTER, PROMOTE, ADVANCE, MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF VISUAL ARTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES BY SPONSORING, MAINTAINING OR ASSISTING EXHIBITIONS IN PUBLIC OR ELSEWHERE OF VISUAL ARTS AND BY ENABLING THE RURAL COMMUNITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE AN ARTIST IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN AND PRODUCE WORKS OF ART"

**Activities:** The principal aim of the charity is to provide support to the community artist to promote and improve education of the public in an understanding of visual arts in rural communities. To this extent the charity funds artists at Highgreen, Northumberland on an annual basis and the artists undertakes various work with the local community.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL (ENGLAND & WALES)




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2025 | £9943 | £85987 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £12742 | £70578 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £6895 | £73387 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £18468 | £83981 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £21186 | £95163 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LADY CYNTHIA MARIE HELENE MORRISON-BELL** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 3, 2014
- Emma Charlotte Festing — appointed Jan. 19, 2016
- Karen Theresa Rann — appointed Jan. 19, 2016