Community Arts Rhayader and District

Analysis

Community Arts Rhayader and District is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rhayader. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03663661). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Arts Rhayader and District reported income of £146k and spending of £148k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £128k to £146k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Community Arts Rhayader and District 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thame Players Theatre Company (£146k), The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation (£146k) and Alan Baxter Foundation (£145k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.