Culture Coventry

Analysis

Culture Coventry is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08359113). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Culture Coventry reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.7m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.8m to £3.7m (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Culture Coventry sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Achieve Lifestyle (£3.7m), The Holburne Museum (£3.7m) and The Forum Trust Limited (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and trading 10%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 7.3%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 84 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.