Newlyn Art Gallery Limited

Analysis

Newlyn Art Gallery Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in June 1977, 49 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 01310070). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Newlyn Art Gallery Limited reported income of £734k and spending of £843k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £734k (-28%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Newlyn Art Gallery Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Generating Genius (£732k), The Norton Priory Museum Trust Limited (£734k) and The Mowlem Institute (£730k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, trading 21% and donations and legacies 8.9%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £118k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.

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.