The Courtyard Arts and Community Centre

Analysis

The Courtyard Arts and Community Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03044085). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Courtyard Arts and Community Centre reported income of £149k and spending of £151k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £103k to £149k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Courtyard Arts and Community Centre sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dartford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (£149k), Durham Union Society (£149k) and Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society (£149k).