Set Centre

Analysis

Set Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Set Centre reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.8m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £271k to £1.6m (+486%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 231%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Set Centre sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manchester City Galleries Trust (£1.6m), INTBAU Ltd (£1.6m) and Anthroposophical Society in Great Britain (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £52k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.