Turtle Key Arts Centre Trust

Analysis

Turtle Key Arts Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Turtle Key Arts Centre Trust reported income of £738k and spending of £700k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £640k to £738k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Turtle Key Arts Centre Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Factory Ltd (£738k), John Holford's Charity (£740k) and Huddersfield Methodist Circuit (£737k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68% and charitable activities 28%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £65k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.