# The Arts Society Blackmore Vale

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1103740
- **Other names:** BLACKMORE VALE DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY, BVDFAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 13, 2004
- **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=1103740


## Contact

- **Address:** Knapp House, Wyke Road, GILLINGHAM, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP8 4NQ
- **Phone:** 07803512714
- **Email:** andrew18.torrance@gmail.com
- **Website:** theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:(A) THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC. THE CULTIVATION, APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS, AND THE GIVING OF AID TO THE CONSERVATION OF OUR NATIONAL ARTISTIC HERITAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE PERSONS IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS IN ARTS PROJECTS, AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEES FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

**Activities:** We provide services to our members to enable them to understand and enjoy the decorative and fine arts.  Monthly lectures are held from October to July in Stalbridge, Dorset, and we arrange visits and Study Days.  We also support arts initiatives in local schools.  We record contents and artefacts in churches in our area and we provide church records. We are affiliated to the national body NADFAS.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE STALBRIDGE IN DORSET.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Dorset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £11873 | £11067 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £11494 | £11016 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £12098 | £10898 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £13132 | £9325 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £4701 | £6696 | — | — |



## Trustees

- ANN LESLEY TASKER — appointed July 5, 2018
- ANTHEA PAYNE — appointed July 5, 2018
- David Andrew Torrance — appointed Dec. 3, 2021
- Eleanor Margaret Martin — appointed Aug. 1, 2021
- Henrietta Walton — appointed Aug. 11, 2022
- Philippa Schofield — appointed Aug. 11, 2022