# ACTION FOR CHILDREN'S ARTS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1114530
- **Other names:** ACA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 3, 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=1114530


## Contact

- **Address:** ACA, c/o Tall Stories Studio, 68 Holloway Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N7 8JL
- **Phone:** 07886 925112
- **Email:** admin@childrensarts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.childrensarts.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FURTHER THE ARTISTIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING ALL PROFESSIONAL ART FORMS FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13, WHILST BEARING IN MIND CHILDREN'S VOICES WISHES AND NEEDS.

**Activities:** Action for Children's Arts was established in 1998 by a group of children's arts professionals in response to the perceived lack of support of and recognition for the importance of the arts for children. It was then - and still is - the only organisation in the UK dedicated to the promotion, development and celebration of all the creative and performing arts for and with children aged 0-12 years.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 28, 2025 | £5719 | £26247 | — | — |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | £14972 | £25773 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2023 | £50685 | £32465 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2022 | £16022 | £9312 | — | — |
| Feb. 28, 2021 | £22008 | £16744 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Janet Helen Robertson** (Chair) — appointed April 11, 2023
- Catherine Ritman — appointed June 4, 2025
- Christopher Jarvis — appointed June 22, 2016
- DAVID WOOD
- David Lee Jones — appointed Jan. 26, 2017
- Dr Gwyneth Kadiatu Kanneh — appointed June 4, 2025
- Elaine Grant — appointed June 4, 2025
- Emma Borley-Johnson — appointed June 4, 2025
- PHILIP SPEDDING — appointed Nov. 20, 2012
- Peter James Dowse — appointed Nov. 28, 2023
- Susan Lynn Whiddington — appointed Oct. 14, 2015
- Toby Benjamin Brailsford Mitchell — appointed April 11, 2023
- Victoria Elizabeth Rowe