Brighton and Hove Arts Council

Analysis

Brighton and Hove Arts Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brighton and Hove Arts Council reported income of £21k and spending of £17k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,608 to £21k (+359%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 239%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Brighton and Hove Arts Council sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wychwood Church of England Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£21k), Allington Village Hall (£21k) and Iw Story Festival (£21k).