198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd

Analysis

198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02369267). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd reported income of £366k and spending of £379k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £815k to £366k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Glass Foundation (£366k), Blast Theory (£367k) and New Contemporaries (1988) Limited (£366k).