The Arts Depot Trust Limited

Analysis

The Arts Depot Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2000, 26 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 03536243). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Arts Depot Trust Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.6m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.5m (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, The Arts Depot Trust Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The VOCES8 Foundation (£2.5m), The Aspect Foundation for Music and Arts (£2.5m) and Painshill Park Trust Limited (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, trading 33% and donations and legacies 16%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £305k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 140 people.

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.