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Volta Projects

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1169313LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£16k2025-07-31
Spending£21ksame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2016Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Volta Projects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09678095). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Volta Projects reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £18k to £16k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Volta Projects sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Whitecross Hall (Bucks) Management Association (£16k), Farthinghoe Village Hall (£16k) and Friends of Barrington School (£16k).

Income and spending

£0£6,788£14k£20k£27k2021 Income: £17,7002021 Spending: £27,15020212022 Income: £19,7752022 Spending: £12,50020222023 Income: £19,5002023 Spending: £19,50020232024 Income: £24,3772024 Spending: £16,37720242025 Income: £16,0082025 Spending: £21,0082025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Volta International Festival premieres new international plays in the UK, producing a series of high-quality, ground-breaking productions as part of its annual new writing Festival in London. Alongside, we run a full programme of community and education projects designed to develop new audiences for theatre and provide meaningful opportunities for young people to engage with the Arts.

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