Project Art Works

Analysis

Project Art Works is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in June 2004, 22 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 05115045). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Project Art Works reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £952k to £1.6m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Project Art Works sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Warwickshire Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (£1.6m), Spark Somerset (£1.6m) and Shrewsbury Town Football Club Foundation (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93%, trading 5.3% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £138k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.