Tender Education and Arts

Analysis

Tender Education and Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 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 04627846). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tender Education and Arts reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.1m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.8m (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Tender Education and Arts 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 Migration Museum Project (£1.8m), Alnwick District Playhouse Trust (£1.8m) and The Egypt Exploration Society (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94%, charitable activities 4.9% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £906k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.