# THE SPARK ARTS FOR CHILDREN

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1106952
- **Other names:** THE SPARK CHILDREN'S ARTS FESTIVAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 24, 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=1106952


## Contact

- **Address:** LCB DEPOT, 31 RUTLAND STREET, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE1 1RE
- **Phone:** 01162616893
- **Email:** admin@thesparkarts.co.uk
- **Website:** www.thesparkarts.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, THE EAST MIDLANDS AND BEYOND THROUGH A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION AND PROMOTION OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL, CONSISTING OF WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTIONS OF DANCE, THEATRE AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS; PRESENTED IN THEATRES, COMMUNITY VENUES AND SCHOOLS.

**Activities:** The Spark gives children opportunities to immerse themselves in the arts by experiencing a wide range of high quality work that inspires, empowers and educates. Through an annual festival, cultural education & community programmes and production of our own work we offer children the space to discover their own skills, passions and potential, as audiences, participants & creators of their own art.

**Area of benefit:** LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, THE EAST MIDLANDS AND BEYOND.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £533605 | £375958 | £325425 | 7 |
| March 31, 2024 | £447004 | £432173 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £552792 | £614287 | £152947 | 13 |
| March 31, 2022 | £705045 | £620803 | £214442 | 13 |
| March 31, 2021 | £406760 | £389459 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Michael Candler** (Chair) — appointed March 28, 2014
- Dr Patricia Bennett — appointed July 28, 2022
- Jasbir Mann — appointed July 10, 2017
- Mahmood Reza
- Ruth Lee — appointed Feb. 1, 2022
- Suzanne Laura Guthrie — appointed Jan. 13, 2020