Sharpe's Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust Limited

Analysis

Sharpe's Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in August 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 03820001). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sharpe's Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust Limited reported income of £143k and spending of £148k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £234k to £143k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Sharpe's Pottery Heritage and Arts Trust Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% 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 Friends of Oystermouth Castle (£143k), The Cory Band (£143k) and Independent Dance (£143k).