Embracing Arts

Charity Number: 1162812
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Founded in 2009, Embracing Arts provides interactive, multi-sensory musical theatre experiences for children with special educational needs and life limiting illness. The charity works with SEND schools and hospice services to improve the wellbeing of children who have limited access to the arts and cultural provision. We provide interactive Christmas shows, Inclusive parties and School Workshops.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £155,367
Total expenditure: £153,578

People

8 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 July 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • Christmas for Kids (Working name)
  • C4K (Previous name)
  • CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rebekah Catherine Hughes Trustee 03 March 2025
None on record
David Equality Hull-Watters Trustee 21 February 2024
None on record
Charlotte Selene Pym Cornish Trustee 25 January 2024
None on record
Andrew Keogan Trustee 16 May 2022
None on record
Samson Oluwatobi Ajewole Ayinde Trustee 04 April 2022
None on record
Bar Huberman Trustee 08 February 2021
None on record
Dave Hearn BA Hons Trustee 04 July 2018
None on record
EMMA JANE REEVES Trustee 23 July 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £59.96k £48.95k £69.18k £113.39k £155.37k
Total expenditure £62.09k £54.20k £69.69k £93.80k £153.58k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2024 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 31 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 01 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 01 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 13 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 13 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 21 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 21 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 23 JUL 2015 AS AMENDED ON 06 AUG 2020 AS AMENDED ON 10 MAR 2021 AMENDED ON 29 MAR 2021

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES AND ILLNESSES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGHOUT THE UK BY MEANS OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ART OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND PUPPETRY.

Contact information

Address:
4 Barrel Lane
FAVERSHAM
Kent
ME13 7FL
Phone:
01795713536
Email:
info@embracingarts.org.uk
Website:

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