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The Society of Portrait Sculptors

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1046243WinchesterArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£71k2025-09-30
Spending£37ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1995Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Society of Portrait Sculptors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Society of Portrait Sculptors reported income of £71k and spending of £37k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £25k to £71k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Society of Portrait Sculptors sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society (£71k), The Idries Shah Foundation (£71k) and Northampton Male Voice Choir (£71k).

Income and spending

£0£18k£35k£53k£71k2021 Income: £24,5892021 Spending: £20,01620212022 Income: £31,3742022 Spending: £37,63620222023 Income: £38,7742023 Spending: £46,56920232024 Income: £37,5652024 Spending: £48,30120242025 Income: £70,7542025 Spending: £37,3212025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Society is a representative body of professional sculptors committed to making portrait and figurative sculpture accessible to a wider public. Its aim is to advance the art of three-dimensional and bas relief portraiture primarily through its Annual Open Exhibition and by seeking to encourage education and training in the art through lectures, prizes and sculpture classes.

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Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological SocietyBristol£71k
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Northampton Male Voice ChoirNorthampton£71k
South East Derbyshire Music Centre TrustDerbyshire£71k