Action for Arts Trust Ltd

Analysis

Action for Arts Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colwyn Bay. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04390384). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Action for Arts Trust Ltd reported income of £49k and spending of £24k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £49k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Action for Arts Trust Ltd sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Covo Connecting Voices (£49k), Cowley Road Works (£49k) and Cheadle (Staffordshire) U3a (£49k).