Compass Community Arts

Analysis

Compass Community Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04851119). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Compass Community Arts reported income of £46k and spending of £71k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £46k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Compass Community Arts sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 Shift Portsmouth (£45k), Friends of Springfield House (£46k) and Carlisle Christian Fellowship (£45k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.