Candid Arts Trust

Analysis

Candid Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03019628). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Candid Arts Trust reported income of £447k and spending of £507k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £524k to £447k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Candid Arts Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Natural History Society of Northumbria (£447k), All Saints Children's Ventures Limited (£447k) and The Anthony Walker Foundation (£447k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.