Actone Artsbase

Analysis

Actone Artsbase is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in October 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05314480). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Actone Artsbase reported income of £36k and spending of £33k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £36k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Actone Artsbase sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lancaster Men's Hub (£36k), The Alexander Pigott Wernher Memorial Trust (£36k) and Exeter and District Kidney Patients' Association (£36k).