The Arts Society Blackmore Vale

Analysis

The Arts Society Blackmore Vale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 2004, 22 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Arts Society Blackmore Vale reported income of £12k and spending of £11k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £4,701 to £12k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 179%. 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, The Arts Society Blackmore Vale sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Belmont School Parents Association (£12k), Romiley Little Theatre (£12k) and Penrhyn Bay Community Centre (£12k).