# MILL ARTS CENTRE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1165998
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 11, 2016
- **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=1165998


## Contact

- **Address:** THE MILL ARTS CENTRE, SPICEBALL PARK ROAD, BANBURY
- **Postcode:** OX16 5QE
- **Phone:** 01295 227175
- **Email:** ANDREW.LISTER@THEMILLARTSCENTRE.CO.UK
- **Website:** https//www.themillartscentre.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO BENEFIT BOTH THE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS OF BANBURY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION SERVED BY THE TOWN OF BANBURY ("THE AREA") AND ALSO PEOPLE AT LARGE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES (RECOGNISED UNDER ENGLISH LAW):• TO PROMOTE THE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; • TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; • TO PROVIDE (AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF) FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA; AND• TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE AREA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.THE CIO’S CHARITABLE PURPOSES WILL BE FURTHERED AT OR DIRECTED FROM THE MILL ARTS CENTRE BANBURY ("THE MILL").

**Activities:** Opened in 1990 The Mill is a multi-function arts centre and the only dedicated arts provision in the busy market town of Banbury in Oxfordshire. We have audiences of around 5,000 people per year buying 17,000 individual performances, events,  classes and workshops.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Buckinghamshire
- Northamptonshire
- Oxfordshire
- Warwickshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £938268 | £1050280 | £-66931 | 24 |
| March 31, 2024 | £944607 | £922699 | £45081 | 23 |
| March 31, 2023 | £726151 | £721415 | £23173 | 20 |
| March 31, 2022 | £685152 | £663154 | £18438 | 20 |
| March 31, 2021 | £465018 | £423469 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Barbara Baseley-Smith** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 29, 2019
- Andrew McHugh — appointed May 19, 2022
- Catherine Richeldis Snelling — appointed March 24, 2022
- Karen Warren — appointed April 28, 2016
- Robert Pattenden — appointed May 2, 2024
- Sarah Louise Norton — appointed Oct. 25, 2018