Live Art Development Agency

Analysis

Live Art Development Agency is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03651554). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Live Art Development Agency reported income of £285k and spending of £295k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £358k to £285k (-20%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Live Art Development Agency sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Music for All (£285k), Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers (£285k) and Royal Choral Society Limited (£285k).

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.