Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust

Analysis

Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westmidlans. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £37k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £83k to £34k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Ifa Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Montgomeryshire Youth Theatre (£34k), Cranbrook Operatic and Dramatic Society (£34k) and St Briavels Music Society (£34k).