Stockton Arts Centre

Analysis

Stockton Arts Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton-On-Tees. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 04591795). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stockton Arts Centre reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.1m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.0m (+2.2%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Stockton Arts Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk and Norwich Festival Trust (£2.0m), The Art Academy (£2.0m) and The Factory of Creativity (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 27% and trading 19%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £156k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 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.