Nottingham City of Literature

Analysis

Nottingham City of Literature is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 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 09144072). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham City of Literature reported income of £191k and spending of £205k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £200k to £191k (-4.5%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Nottingham City of Literature sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Livewire Youth Project (£191k), St Nazaire Raid Memorial Trust (£191k) and 'signals' Essex Media Centre Ltd (£191k).