Soft Touch Arts Limited

Analysis

Soft Touch Arts Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02063893). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Soft Touch Arts Limited reported income of £773k and spending of £677k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £691k to £773k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Soft Touch Arts Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% 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 Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring Limited (£772k), Belvedere Trust (£773k) and Age Well East Ltd (£772k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%, investments 1.7% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 5.0%. Reserves of £245k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.