The Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust reported income of £253k and spending of £286k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £178k to £253k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refugee Women of Bristol (£253k), RCCG Everlasting Father's Assembly (£253k) and Community Development Trust (£253k).