The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts

Analysis

The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in July 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 04243361). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts reported income of £47k and spending of £47k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £47k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millward Charitable Trust (£47k), The Cuffley Hall (£47k) and Oxford Harmonic Choir (£47k).