Stroud Valleys Artspace Limited

Analysis

Stroud Valleys Artspace Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stroud. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03467837). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stroud Valleys Artspace Limited reported income of £294k and spending of £338k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £169k to £294k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Stroud Valleys Artspace Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South West Music School (£293k), Furniture Makers Company Limited (£294k) and The Bridge Theatre Training Company (£293k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.