THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND

Registered charity 1036733 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Latest income
£843.1m
Latest spending
£731.1m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £1,234 million in Grant-in-Aid and £254 million from the National Lottery Distribution Fund for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity has a surplus of £2.8 million and maintains sufficient liquid resources to cover projected payments, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Comptroller and Auditor General (Gareth Davies).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£843.1m
Total spending
£731.1m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
704

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£843.1m£731.1m
31/03/2024£803.1m£756.3m
31/03/2023£795.7m£989.6m
31/03/2022£941.8m£952.6m
31/03/2021£1488.5m£1419.6m

Common questions

Is THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity received £1,234 million in Grant-in-Aid and £254 million from the National Lottery Distribution Fund for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity has a surplus of £2.8 million and maintains sufficient liquid resources to cover projected payments, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Comptroller and Auditor General (Gareth Davies).

Who funds THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND as a grant recipient include THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED, DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY UK (UK), ST ANDREWS WITH CASTLE GATE NOTTINGHAM UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/10/2005£20k"Telling Images: Stories of a Community"

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