# DORSET VISUAL ARTS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113249
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 13, 2006
- **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=1113249


## Contact

- **Address:** DIVA contemporary Studio, Crepe Business Park, Symondsbury, Bridport, Dorset
- **Postcode:** DT6 6EY
- **Phone:** 07598140268
- **Email:** admin@dorsetvisualarts.org
- **Website:** www.dorsetvisualarts.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A)  TO PROMOTE,. MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE PRACTICE AND APPRECIATION OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS (OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS INCLUDING GRAPHIC ART, THREE DIMENSIONAL ART, CONCEPTUAL ART, ELECTRONIC ART, SONIC ART, AND CRAFTS OF ALL TYPES AND DESCRIPTIONS) BY ENABLING ARTISTS AND ARTISANS LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THIS DEED SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE THE BOROUGHS OF BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE) TO COMMUNICATE THEIR WORK TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND THE LIKE THROUGH BOTH PHYSICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS.(B)  TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.(C)  TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG ARTISTS AND ARTISANS PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(D)  TO PROVIDE GRANTS OR BURSARIES TO PERSONS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET FOR EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PURPOSES IN THE FIELD OF VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFTS.

**Activities:** Provide professional development opportunities to artists and makers in Dorset.To form close ties with schools and colleges and provide grants for educational and training purposes in the field of visual arts and crafts.To support and encourage emerging artists.

**Area of benefit:** DORSET




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Poole



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £76853 | £75010 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £42164 | £47838 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £25411 | £23813 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £15741 | £17648 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £26584 | £21450 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Victoria Bowles** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 8, 2020
- Georgina Claire Mason — appointed Nov. 5, 2024
- Graham Matthew Booth — appointed Nov. 5, 2024
- Karen Eloise Hawey — appointed Nov. 5, 2024
- Laura Emily Vent — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Megan Lorraine Hyde — appointed Jan. 12, 2023
- SIMON PAUL BARBER — appointed Nov. 11, 2019
- Sharon Lisa James — appointed Sept. 29, 2025
- Victoria Louise Muenzer-Jones — appointed Sept. 29, 2025