Arts, Culture & Heritage Education & Young People Free 2025

Artswork NPO Impact 2023–2025

Artswork is a South East England arts organisation and National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England, delivering youth-led creative changemaking, employability and violence reduction programmes across communities including Arun, Dover, Gosport, the Isle of Wight, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor and Slough. Across 2023–25 it worked with 21,008 young people, positively impacted 80,301 community members, and issued 4,996 qualifications. 90% of young people felt heard, and 91% of Portsmouth Creative Skills participants felt more positive about education, training and employment. The RISE micro-investment programme and Breakthrough Starter Jobs supported young people into creative careers and entrepreneurship.

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📋About

Youth-led community changemaking through creative commissions and consultations; Portsmouth Creative Skills employability programme; RISE micro-investment programme for young entrepreneurs; Breakthrough Starter Jobs; apprenticeships; practice-based support for young people improving career prospects; Violence Reduction work; safeguarding training for creative, cultural and heritage practitioners; St Radigunds Community Garden Sculpture Project (Dover); MOD Aldershot Youth Voice project Custom geography from upload: South East England, UK (Arun, Dover, Gosport, Isle of Wight, New Forest, Portsmouth, Rushmoor, Slough)

📊Key Metrics

21,008 young people worked with across the 2023–2025 NPO period; 80,301 community members positively impacted by youth-led changemaking work Key Metric 1
12,505 young people made active change in their communities through consultations and creative commissions; 6,948 young people impacted through violence reduction work Key Metric 2
90% of young people felt 'heard'; 91% of participants on Portsmouth Creative Skills programme reported feeling more positive about education, training and employment Key Metric 3

Key Outcomes

  • 4,996 qualifications issued across the period; 4,544 people undertook learning with Artswork; 157 young people improved their career prospects through in-depth work or practice-based support
  • 82% of people worked with across all programmes felt their confidence had improved; RISE participant launched a business with Artswork support as an 18-year-old
  • A Portsmouth Creative Skills participant secured a job in sales directly attributing the programme with boosting confidence and enabling them to express themselves creatively

📍Geography

UK-Wide

2025 Enhanced

2024/25 Annual Review

Total income £138,600,000 and total expenditure £108,350,000 (year ended 31 March 2025, charity no. 1068852); 5 million people welcomed through palace gates; £138.6m income of which £84.7m from ticket admissions (£68.3m at Tower of London alone)
Key Metric 1
Over 160,000 members making 300,000+ visits generating £5.8m membership income plus £814k Gift Aid; 217,400 £1 Universal Credit tickets sold; 304,000 visitors to Untold Lives: A Palace at Work exhibition at Kensington Palace; 99.5 million people reached across social media channels
Key Metric 2
89% of visitors gained a better understanding of stories (discovery); 83% felt happier after their visit (joy); 76% were inspired to learn more; 28,365 visitors cheered on Henry VIII's Joust; £1.9 million secured in donations and pledges for Tomorrow's Tower campaign
Key Metric 3
83% of visitors felt happier after their visit; 89% gained better understanding of palace stories; 94% charitable activities allocation of total expenditure; Tomorrow's Tower campaign secured £1.9m including £1m from Sandys Trust and National Lottery Heritage Fund development grant
2025 Enhanced

National Youth Jazz Orchestra Annual Report 2024–25

3,943 young people reached across 279 learning sessions in 16 programmes; 46 public performances reaching 8,517 audience members
Key Metric 1
100+ Emerging Professionals supported with 159 paid performance opportunities; 32% from regions beyond London; 32% from African, Asian, Caribbean or Mixed Heritage backgrounds
Key Metric 2
46% of Under-18 participants receive bursaries; 46% benefit from free access (Pupil Premium, free school meals or low-income families)
Key Metric 3
Largest single concert audience of 1,500 for British Standard Time at Berlin's Konzerthaus; NYJO Under 18s alumni have gone on to Birmingham Conservatoire, Leeds Conservatoire and Cambridge University
2023 Free

Annual Report and Accounts 2023

12,950 global members across film, games and television in 2023, including 9,182 full members and 2,331 BAFTA Connect members
Key Metric 1
EE BAFTA Film Awards broadcast averaged 2.62 million viewers on BBC One — an increase on the prior two years; simulcast in 8 countries via BritBox with rights sold to 80+ territories
Key Metric 2
BAFTA View unique viewings by voting members increased 53% for Film; average films watched per member rose 51%
Key Metric 3
More member socials, events and screenings held in 2023 than any previous year across UK and North America