Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society

Analysis

Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society reported income of £75k and spending of £86k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £55k to £75k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Clacton and North East Essex Arts and Literary Society sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Association of Writers in Education (£75k), The Shoosmith Gallery (£75k) and Norvis (£75k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.