Ilkley Arts

Analysis

Ilkley Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ilkley Arts reported income of £15k and spending of £13k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £15k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ilkley Arts sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% 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 Torbay Sunrise Rotary Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£15k), MRKH Connect (£15k) and Selsey Community First Responder Scheme (£15k).