# BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1119555
- **Other names:** &CO. ARTS LIMITED, BEDFORD CREATIVE ARTS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 8, 2007
- **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=1119555


## Contact

- **Address:** Bedford Creative Arts Limited, Bedford Heights, Brickhill Drive, Bedford
- **Postcode:** MK41 7PH
- **Phone:** 01234818670
- **Email:** office@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** BEDFORD




## 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

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire
- Luton
- Milton Keynes



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £322487 | £301846 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £306824 | £244475 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £239684 | £279765 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £317473 | £372219 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £374473 | £294498 | — | — |



## Trustees

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