Bow Arts Trust

Analysis

Bow Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03031923). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bow Arts Trust reported income of £5.1m and spending of £3.7m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £5.1m (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bow Arts Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action Homeless (Leicester) Limited (£5.0m), The Nationwide Foundation (£5.1m) and Community Accommodation Group (£5.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, donations and legacies 19%, trading 6.3% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Reserves of £5.1m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.