Apsara Arts

Analysis

Apsara Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05005716). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Apsara Arts reported income of £39k and spending of £77k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £55k to £39k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Apsara Arts 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 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Annes Baptist Church, Lytham St Annes (£39k), Mor Baselios Yeldho Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Bristol (£39k) and Unite to Ignite (£39k).