Zinc Arts

Analysis

Zinc Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ongar. It was registered in March 1994, 32 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 company (Companies House number 02866315). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Zinc Arts reported income of £492k and spending of £520k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £388k to £492k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Zinc Arts sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paper Works (Harrogate) Limited (£491k), The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation (£492k) and Cudworth Community Enterprises (£491k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.