Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust

Analysis

Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beds. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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 03525877). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust reported income of £436k and spending of £513k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £327k to £436k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 120% 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, Luton Carnival Arts Development Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (£435k), Arts & Business Cymru (£437k) and The Courtauld Institute of Art Fund (£434k).

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.