Hastings Contemporary

Analysis

Hastings Contemporary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in January 2013, 13 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 08204873). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hastings Contemporary reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £841k to £1.3m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Hastings Contemporary sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewisham Music (£1.3m), The HMS Victory Preservation Company (£1.3m) and Writers and Scholars Educational Trust (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 43%, charitable activities 39% and trading 18%. Charitable activities took 51% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £132k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.