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Creative Arts East

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Creative Arts East is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science.

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What are the key facts about Creative Arts East?

Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£771,126
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£769,794
Registered charity number
1040321
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
115-123 King Street
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Creative Arts East (number 1040321) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Creative Arts East do?

The principal activities of the company are the promoting, maintaining, improving and advancing of education within the community at large and in particular in the rural areas of the County of Norfolk, by promotion, production, performance and encouragement of the arts.

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Creative Arts East

Answers Creative Arts East gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Creative Arts East's highest-paid staff paid?

Creative Arts East's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Creative Arts East's money come from?

Creative Arts East reported £771k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £503k (65%), donations and legacies £255k (33%), investments £13k (2%).

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£503k · 65%
  • Donations and legacies£255k · 33%
  • Investments£13k · 2%

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Creative Arts East as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Creative Arts East's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
02960157 (Companies House)
Previous names on the register
Arts in Rural Norfolk; Rural Arts East
Where it says it operates
Norfolk · Suffolk · Cambridgeshire

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin; The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Human Resources; Provides Services; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

What causes is Creative Arts East registered for?

Education/trainingDisabilityArts/culture/heritage/science

Why is there no Clarity Score for Creative Arts East yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Creative Arts East. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Creative Arts East a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Creative Arts East as a registered charity (number 1040321) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Creative Arts East's charity number?
Creative Arts East's charity number is 1040321. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1040321?
Search 1040321 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Creative Arts East do?
The principal activities of the company are the promoting, maintaining, improving and advancing of education within the community at large and in particular in the rural areas of the County of Norfolk, by promotion, production, performance and encouragement of the arts.
Does Creative Arts East have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Creative Arts East. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Creative Arts East?
Creative Arts East's website listed in our register data is http://www.creativeartseast.co.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Creative Arts East's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Creative Arts East's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Creative Arts East's money come from?
Creative Arts East reported £771k total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £503k (65%), donations and legacies £255k (33%), investments £13k (2%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Creative Arts East?
The register records Creative Arts East as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Creative Arts East's trustees paid?
Creative Arts East's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Creative Arts East previously called?
The register lists these previous names for Creative Arts East: Arts in Rural Norfolk; Rural Arts East.
When was Creative Arts East registered as a charity?
Creative Arts East was entered on the register on 23 August 1994. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 02960157).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.