Bury Metropolitan Arts Association

Analysis

Bury Metropolitan Arts Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancs. It was registered in August 1989, 37 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 02370868). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury Metropolitan Arts Association reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £886k to £1.2m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Bury Metropolitan Arts Association sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carolina Trust (£1.2m), Coin Street Centre Trust (£1.2m) and Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 50%, donations and legacies 27%, trading 21% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £260k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.