Cockpit Arts

Analysis

Cockpit Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02801969). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cockpit Arts reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £905k to £1.3m (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Cockpit Arts sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts at the Old Fire Station (£1.3m), Colwinston Charitable Trust (£1.3m) and Bishop's Stortford Museum and Arts CIO (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90%, donations and legacies 7.5% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.2%. It employed 9 people.