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Compass Live Art Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1177590LeedsArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£171k2025-03-31
Spending£152ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2018Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Compass Live Art Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09176219). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Compass Live Art Limited reported income of £171k and spending of £152k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £171k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 220%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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, Compass Live Art Limited sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Hatherop Church of England Primary School (£171k), Low Bentham Public Hall and Victoria Institute (£172k) and Grosvenor Museum Society (£171k).

Income and spending

£0£66k£131k£197k£262k2021 Income: £86,5782021 Spending: £126,02020212022 Income: £82,4342022 Spending: £173,38420222023 Income: £262,2572023 Spending: £226,50220232024 Income: £53,6132024 Spending: £90,63620242025 Income: £171,4822025 Spending: £152,4042025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Compass Live Art exists to advance art for the benefit of the public, in particular through the promotion, exhibition and facilitation of live art and contemporary performance, both nationally and internationally, by means of public performance, broadcasts, exhibitions and other suitable means. Compass Live Art produces a biennial festival in Leeds.

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The Friends of Hatherop Church of England Primary SchoolGloucestershire£171k
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