Arts Society, Goring

Analysis

Arts Society, Goring is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Arts Society, Goring reported income of £23k and spending of £18k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £23k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Arts Society, Goring sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saltdean Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£23k), The Carlton Band (£23k) and The Betty Trask Foundation (£23k).