City & Guilds Art School Property Trust

Analysis

City & Guilds Art School Property Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00992490). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, City & Guilds Art School Property Trust reported income of £315k and spending of £327k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £242k to £315k (+30%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 129% 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, City & Guilds Art School Property Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome Ltd (£315k), The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (£315k) and Bermondsey Artists' Group (£315k).

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.