Astor Community Arts Trust Ltd

Analysis

Astor Community Arts Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Deal. It was registered in May 1998, 28 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 03494803). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Astor Community Arts Trust Ltd reported income of £77k and spending of £56k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £76k to £77k (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 555%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Astor Community Arts Trust Ltd sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North York Moors Chamber Music Festival Trust (£77k), The Cuthbert Horn Trust (£77k) and Beatrix Potter Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£77k).