Leicester Arts Centre Limited

Analysis

Leicester Arts Centre Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02276987). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicester Arts Centre Limited reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.9m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.4m (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leicester 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited (£2.4m), The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation (£2.4m) and Uplands Enterprise Trust (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 39%, donations and legacies 31% and charitable activities 27%. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £414k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.