The Arts Society Plymouth & South Devon

Analysis

The Arts Society Plymouth & South Devon is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saltash. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Arts Society Plymouth & South Devon reported income of £15k and spending of £13k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £6,017 to £15k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 120%. 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, The Arts Society Plymouth & South Devon sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mansfield Choral Society (£15k), Brancaster Staithe and Deepdale Village Hall (£15k) and Felicitas (£15k).