Minerva Arts

Analysis

Minerva Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in October 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08098260). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Minerva Arts reported income of £34k and spending of £26k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £27k to £34k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Minerva Arts sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harwich Cultural & Community Projects (£34k), Uttoxeter & District U3a (£34k) and Freston Village Hall (£34k).