Wiltshire Creative

Analysis

Wiltshire Creative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in October 1966, 60 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 00499076). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wiltshire Creative reported income of £7.1m and spending of £6.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3.2m to £7.1m (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Wiltshire Creative sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Malvern Theatres Trust Limited (£7.1m), Royal Court Liverpool Ltd (£7.1m) and Nottingham Trent Students' Union (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 7.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £21k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Reserves of £390k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 104 people.