Folkestone Art Society

Analysis

Folkestone Art Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Folkestone Art Society reported income of £18k and spending of £16k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,795 to £18k (+209%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. 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, Folkestone Art Society sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheringham and Cromer Choral Society (£18k), Just Add Milk Productions CIO (£18k) and Wotton-Under-Edge Historical Society (£18k).