Studio Upstairs

Analysis

Studio Upstairs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03234178). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Studio Upstairs reported income of £326k and spending of £325k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £421k to £326k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Studio Upstairs sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Promise Works Limited (£326k), Grand Prix Trust (£326k) and Wetherby in Support of the Elderly (£326k).