Wyeside Arts Centre Limited

Analysis

Wyeside Arts Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Builth Wells. It was registered in October 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01279900). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wyeside Arts Centre Limited reported income of £739k and spending of £745k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £301k to £739k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Wyeside Arts Centre 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 Army Air Corps Charity (£739k), The Brook Trust (£739k) and The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum (£736k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and donations and legacies 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Reserves of £30k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.