East Street Arts

Analysis

East Street Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03598612). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Street Arts reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £1.3m (-49%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. 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, East Street Arts sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Academy for Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre (£1.3m), Teikyo University of Japan in Durham (£1.3m) and Paines Plough Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69% and donations and legacies 29%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £984k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.