The Arts Society Southwold

Analysis

The Arts Society Southwold is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in November 2009, 17 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. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Arts Society Southwold reported income of £11k and spending of £10k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £7,339 to £11k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Arts Society Southwold sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radford Semele School Parent Teacher Association (£11k), Abergavenny Orchestral Society (£11k) and Cambridge Concert Orchestra (£11k).