The Lakeland Arts Trust

Analysis

The Lakeland Arts Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lakeland Arts Trust reported income of £55k and spending of £38k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £55k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 171% 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, The Lakeland Arts Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Paul's Opera (£55k), Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation (£55k) and Pannal Permanent War Memorial Institute (£55k).