The John Golding Artistic Trust

Analysis

The John Golding Artistic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2021, 5 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The John Golding Artistic Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £48k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £11k to £38k (+230%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 289%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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, The John Golding Artistic Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ken Stradling Collection (£37k), Summertown Choral Society (£38k) and The Dewsbury Collegians Amateur Operatic Society (£37k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.