# VIVA ARTS AND COMMUNITY GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126012
- **Other names:** VIVA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 23, 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=1126012


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 Churchgate Street, Soham, ELY, Cambridgeshire
- **Postcode:** CB7 5DS
- **Phone:** 01353722060
- **Email:** info@viva-group.org.uk
- **Website:** www.viva-group.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ARTS OF THEATRE AND DRAMA AND IN SO DOING PROVIDE THEM WITH A THOROUGH TECHNICAL GROUNDING IN THE CRAFT AND ASSOCIATED PRACTICES OF THEATRE AND THE ART OF ACTING.2 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3 THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE PARISH OF SOHAM) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE.B THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES.C THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.D SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.4 TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING, WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION, THE ARTS OF DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC..

**Activities:** To advance the education of children and young adults in the arts of theatre and drama.  To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure use by young people, the aged, infirm or disabled or those suffering financial hardship, with the object of improving their conditions of lifeThe encouragement of the arts.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cambridgeshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £481303 | £514956 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £632597 | £387127 | £2610101 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £495465 | £566319 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £913074 | £223322 | £2435485 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £932001 | £134179 | £1745733 | 1 |



## Trustees

- **DANIEL SCHUMANN MBE DL** (Chair)
- ANGELA BOCKING — appointed Nov. 5, 2013
- Anne Jeanette Bevan — appointed Oct. 7, 2019
- Elisabeth Helen Every — appointed July 20, 2021
- Emma Clare Bovingdon — appointed May 19, 2025
- Helen Marian Hayward — appointed Oct. 7, 2019
- Kirsten Martin — appointed Nov. 5, 2013
- Leigh Stephenson — appointed Sept. 28, 2021
- Lt Colonel James Frank Wood — appointed May 15, 2021
- MICHAEL GEORGE HAWES FCCA
- RICHARD JOHN HOBBS — appointed Oct. 7, 2019
- Vivienne Robinson — appointed Dec. 8, 2025