The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited

Analysis

The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kendal. It was registered in May 2001, 25 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 03927101). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.9m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.7m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Kendal Brewery Arts Centre Trust Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust (£2.7m), Farms for City Children Limited (£2.7m) and Carbon Gap Ltd (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 42%, trading 32% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 25%. It employed 71 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.