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Bedford Creative Arts Limited

&Co. Arts Limited, Bedford Creative Arts

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1119555
Status
Registered
Registered
June 8, 2007
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Bedford

Address

Address
Bedford Creative Arts Limited
Bedford Heights
Brickhill Drive
Bedford
MK41 7PH

Activities

Bedford Creative Arts works collaboratively with artists and the people of Bedfordshire to create new high quality art with the communities around us centred around the values of engagement, inclusion and inspiration, with the aim of enhancing and transforming the quality of people's lives especially in areas where there is a history of low cultural engagement.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public In Creativity And The Arts Principally Within The Borough Of Bedford, But Also Throughout The UK By:-(A) Offering People The Opportunity To Develop Skills, Confidence And Knowledge;(b) Using The Arts As A Tool To Improve Social Welfare And People's Quality Of Life By Responding To Those Needs Identified Through Contact With Local Community Groups And Other Agencies;(c) Actively Engaging People Who Are Excluded From Mainstream Provision Of Arts Education For Reason Of Disability, Social, Cultural Or Economic Circumstance (By Seeking To Make Activities Physically, Intellectually, Socially, Culturally And Financially Accessible;(d) Enabling Everyone To Exercise The Right Freely To Participate In The Cultural Life Of The Community And To Enjoy The Arts And Its Benefits;(e) Promoting, Improving, Advancing And Providing Access To Current Developments In Contemporary Acts Practice, Through A Programme Of Temporary Exhibitions And Educational And Recreational Activities.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £322,487 £301,846
March 31, 2024 £306,824 £244,475
March 31, 2023 £239,684 £279,765
March 31, 2022 £317,473 £372,219
March 31, 2021 £374,473 £294,498

Trustees

Name Appointed
Samantha Maitland (Chair) April 13, 2023
Fiona Parry Oct. 12, 2023
Jennie Cashman Wilson April 25, 2024
Mark Christopher Taylor March 19, 2020
Samuel Stephen Paul Baker April 25, 2024
Tim Edward Pain April 14, 2021