The Mighty Creatives

Analysis

The Mighty Creatives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06652046). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Mighty Creatives reported income of £775k and spending of £890k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £4.1m to £775k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, The Mighty Creatives sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Science Media Centre (£775k), Artspace Lifespace (£775k) and Apples and Snakes (£772k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.8%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £376k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.