Queens Hall Arts

Analysis

Queens Hall Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in October 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 03929839). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Queens Hall Arts reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £734k to £1.1m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Queens Hall Arts sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Symphony Orchestra Endowment Trust (£1.1m), Nene Valley Railway (£1.1m) and Oxford University Student Union (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56% and donations and legacies 30%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 16 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.