Marketplace Arts

Analysis

Marketplace Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Marketplace Arts reported income of £315k and spending of £298k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £282 to £315k (+111706%), an average of +478% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 72716%. 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, Marketplace Arts 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 Chol International Arts (£315k), The Pump House Theatre and Arts Trust Limited (£315k) and The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers (£315k).