Barnes Community Arts Centre

Analysis

Barnes Community Arts Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2013, 13 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barnes Community Arts Centre reported income of £800k and spending of £785k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £482k to £800k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Barnes Community Arts Centre sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim Education Association-Rochdale (£797k), Kindred Studios (£801k) and The Freud Museum London (£797k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 93%, donations and legacies 5.4% and charitable activities 1.5%. Charitable activities took 50% of spending and raising funds 49%. Reserves of £124k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.