Collective Encounters

Analysis

Collective Encounters is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 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 05062035). It says it provides human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Collective Encounters reported income of £287k and spending of £321k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £292k to £287k (-1.8%), an average of -0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Collective Encounters 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 Shaftesbury Arts Centre (£287k), The Black-E (£287k) and The William Delafield Charitable Trust (£287k).