Important News

A new charity – Guildford Arts CIO, registered charity number 1217475 has been created with Liam Rich (chairman), Susan Dragon, Aska Gough, John Horrocks & Ollie Smith as trustees. It will be run solely by its trustees and has essentially the same objectives as the existing charity. We have chosen not to have members because this simplifies the administration but we intend to consult with you all as we move forward. We will continue to use this website and to run viewings at the Institute.  A presentation of future plans will be given in the near future.

The Constitution of the new charity can be found from this link

Constitution of Guildford Arts CIO

After a short period of overlap, the new charity will replace the existing Guildford Arts (Registration number 1089777).

Special Member Meeting to close Guildford Arts (Registration number 1089777)

A special meeting for the paid-up members of Guildford Arts (Registration number 1089777) will be held at the Guildford Institute at 5-00pm on Thursday 12 November to make the formal decisions on the winding up of the charity and transfer the assets (money in the bank) to the new CIO. The meeting will be followed by the monthly public viewing event at 6-30pm.

If you have paid a subscription to Guildford Arts since April this year or are a life member, please will you try to attend this meeting and confirm by email that you are planning to attend.

If you cannot attend and support these changes please will you send your vote by email.

Please send your emails with the subject “Guildford Arts Special Meeting” to BOTH ga-admin@guildfordarts.com and suedragon13@gmail.com

Please use whichever of the following you wish:

• “I am a paid-up member of Guildford Arts registered charity 1089777 and plan to attend the special meeting on 12 November.”
• “I am a paid-up member of Guildford Arts registered charity 1089777 and support the proposals to dissolve the charity and to transfer the assets to the new Guildford Arts CIO, registered charity number 1217475″
• “I am a paid-up member of Guildford Arts registered charity 1089777 and DO NOT support the proposals to dissolve the charity and to transfer the assets to the new Guildford Arts CIO, registered charity number 1217475”

The reality of the situation is that without the better legal protection for trustees provided by the CIO structure, the work of Guildford Arts will not be able to continue.

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