Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust

Analysis

Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06382865). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £315k to £1.3m (+313%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Darbar Arts Culture and Heritage Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cwmni'r Fran Wen Cyf (£1.3m), World Heart Beat Music Academy Ltd (£1.3m) and The Blackheath Halls (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54% and charitable activities 45%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £150k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.