Artlink Centre for Community Arts

Analysis

Artlink Centre for Community Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in March 2002, 24 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 04276250). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Artlink Centre for Community Arts reported income of £233k and spending of £274k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £397k to £233k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Artlink Centre for Community Arts sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The William Morris Society (£233k), Nash Concert Society Trust (£233k) and Horsebridge Arts and Community Centre (£233k).

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.