Forced Entertainment Limited

Analysis

Forced Entertainment Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in October 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 02170819). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forced Entertainment Limited reported income of £724k and spending of £708k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £683k to £724k (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Forced Entertainment Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hereford Cider Museum Trust (£723k), The Paignton Picture House Trust (£724k) and Caterham Barracks Community Trust (£722k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 42%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Reserves of £302k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.