Mill Arts Centre Trust

Analysis

Mill Arts Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banbury. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mill Arts Centre Trust reported income of £938k and spending of £1.1m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £465k to £938k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Mill Arts Centre Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Burton Constable Foundation (£938k), Spa Pavilion Theatre Foundation (£940k) and Sands School (£936k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 45%, donations and legacies 39% and trading 16%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.0%. It employed 24 people.