Accessart

Analysis

Accessart is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 2004, 22 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 05110197). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Accessart reported income of £342k and spending of £271k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £134k to £342k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Accessart sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bowerman Charitable Trust (£342k), Epping Forest District Museum CIO (£342k) and The Friends of the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove (£342k).