Tara Arts Group

Analysis

Tara Arts Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1987, 39 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 02059664). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tara Arts Group reported income of £834k and spending of £815k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £476k to £834k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Tara Arts Group 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society (£833k), The New English Ballet Theatre (£834k) and The Gold Standard Charitable Trust (£833k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 32% and trading 4.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £306k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.