Our work
Our model
As a cultural charity, we approach things differently.
We work at scale, running over 20 venues in the south of England.
We confidently cross sector divides, with museums, galleries, arts centres
and even costume hire all coming under our umbrella.
Local identities
We uphold distinct local identities for each of our sites, allowing local relationships and pride to prosper.
We use our expertise in unexpected ways, working for change in education, criminal justice and health arenas. We pursue partnership as the basis of long-term place making and regeneration in each of the areas where we work.
Commercial success
We are proudly commercial.
Since becoming an independent charity 10 years ago, we have absorbed a 50% real-time cut in our local authority funding, while still growing our turnover. Our business-minded approach sees us pay as much attention to our cafés, bars and shops as we do to our performances, exhibitions and collections care. We earn more than half of our annual income, alongside building long-term relationships with a diverse mix of funders and partners. This has allowed us to build a resilient, mixed funding model, and has reduced our reliance on any one source of income.
As experienced operators, we also make great advisors.
Get in touch if you would like to
have a discussion about how we
could work together.
As operators with skin in the game, we also make great advisors
