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colchester arts centre

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, and the general public. Colchester Arts Centre is a registered charity whose purpose is arts, culture, heritage, or science. It delivers its work by providing human resources. The charity is based in Colchester and operates in Essex.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Colchester Arts Centre aims to provide a diverse and eclectic performance programme of arts that respond to current practices in arts and meet specific needs of the community it serves. The artistic policy is to create a bias towards new work, innovation and experimentation. It also creates work to promote and inclusive and accessible programme.

Fundraising

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Local Authority

Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,495,073
Latest Expenditure
£1,118,628

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 74.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 100.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 0.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £786,437
Charitable Activities £666,640
Other Trading £0
Investments £41,996
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,118,628
Raising Funds £0
Governance £6,368
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,495,073£1,118,628£1,118,628£1,361,513£232,16529 / 80
2023£998,717£901,286£901,286£985,068£171,76323 / 111
2022£854,171£652,024£637,024£887,637£179,80718 / 64
2021£625,989£322,473£308,473£685,490£121,19017 / 88
2020£780,133£772,869£772,869£381,974£90,91830 / 60

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers