The Art and Ideas Trust

Analysis

The Art and Ideas Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Art and Ideas Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £195k, spending 1303% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,900 to £15k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 615% 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 Art and Ideas Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cefn Fforest Community Centre Management Committee (£15k), The Sisters Grimm Charitable Trust (£15k) and Airshaft Trust (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.