Oxmarket Centre of Arts Limited

Analysis

Oxmarket Centre of Arts Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chichester. It was registered in December 1971, 55 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 company (Companies House number 01029563). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Oxmarket Centre of Arts Limited reported income of £119k and spending of £139k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £183k to £119k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Oxmarket Centre of Arts Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir Barry Jackson County Fund (£119k), Ackroyd Community Association (£119k) and The C. and J. B. Morrell Trust (£119k).

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.