Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited

Analysis

Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Folkestone. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03066271). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited reported income of £157k and spending of £194k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £180k to £157k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Strange Cargo Arts Company Limited sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Military Intelligence Museum (£157k), The Ilkley & District Third Age Group (£157k) and The Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (£157k).