Venture Arts

Analysis

Venture Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10823617). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Venture Arts reported income of £703k and spending of £707k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £721k to £703k (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Venture Arts sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spring Community Hub (£703k), Blackburn & District Supported Housing Limited (£704k) and The Meadowside Charity Newton Abbot and District (£702k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 37%, trading 3.2% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.2%. Reserves of £340k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.