Diorama Arts Centre

Analysis

Diorama Arts Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 01585918). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Diorama Arts Centre reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £240k to £1.1m (+353%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 171%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Diorama Arts Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Science Council (£1.1m), The Poetry Society (£1.1m) and Gainsborough's House Society (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £585k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.