# LUTON CULTURAL SERVICES TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1122964
- **Other names:** LUTON CULTURE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 27, 2008
- **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=1122964


## Contact

- **Address:** THE HAT FACTORY ARTS CENTRE, 65-67 BUTE STREET, LUTON
- **Postcode:** LU1 2EY
- **Phone:** 01582 878122
- **Email:** info@culturetrust.com
- **Website:** www.culturetrust.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT AND SUPPORT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, ARTS, HERITAGE AND  HISTORY INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LEARNING AND INFORMATION CENTRES, ARCHIVES AND OTHER RELATED SERVICES; AND/OR3.2 THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE SUCH FACILITIES BEING PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE SAVE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED TO PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE,INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES OR SERVICES; AND/OR3.3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

**Activities:** Luton Culture comprises arts, community centres, libraries and museums. Our facilities received over 1.45 million visits. Core library and museum services and arts development activities are provided free of charge with most events and performances subsidised.

**Area of benefit:** LUTON AND WIDER AREA OF EAST OF ENGLAND




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Luton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3581388 | £3765159 | £5191074 | 45 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3016262 | £3542398 | £5117845 | 44 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2832085 | £4303572 | £5815363 | 45 |
| March 31, 2022 | £3991787 | £3635935 | £-698291 | 38 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4541137 | £3314318 | £-3858284 | 50 |



## Trustees

- ANDREW STRANGE
- Andrea Goddard Stark — appointed Dec. 15, 1992
- Bilal Hussain — appointed March 24, 2022
- Charmaine Isles — appointed July 11, 2024
- Dr Carlota Larrea — appointed May 9, 2019
- Joanne Elizabeth Read — appointed March 24, 2022
- Julia Luddington — appointed July 11, 2024
- Julma Begum — appointed Feb. 9, 2021
- Nigel Marshall — appointed July 11, 2024
- PRITESH MISTRY — appointed July 11, 2024
- Robert Smalley — appointed July 17, 2018
- SUFIAN SADIQ — appointed July 17, 2018
- Safeer Ahmed — appointed Sept. 29, 2022
- Tahmina Saleem — appointed June 5, 2025
- Will Morgan-Macleod — appointed Dec. 18, 2025