Create London

Analysis

Create London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dagenham. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07586759). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Create London reported income of £609k and spending of £801k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £730k to £609k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Create London sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fitzrovia Chapel Foundation (£609k), Common Room of the Great North Limited (£610k) and The Post Office Remembrance Fellowship CIO (£608k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Reserves of £151k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.