Income

Research

Digital theatre model embraces small-scale producers

13 Oct 2015

Live and recorded screenings have the potential to develop and serve new audiences for small-scale theatre companies, as well as generate income, report concludes.

Digital

Theatre

HMRC sets out rules for theatre tax breaks

09 Oct 2015

Live performances to paying audiences are the main focus of the tax relief, but live streaming and educational productions will also qualify.

Finance

Theatre

Raising our game

28 Sep 2015

Selling in the arts is improving but it could still learn a lot from retailers and travel companies, says Libby Penn.

Report proposes sweeping changes in charity fundraising regulation

25 Sep 2015

A government-commissioned panel is calling for a ‘Fundraising Preference Service’ to be established, allowing the public to opt out of fundraising communications from charities.

New business models

24 Sep 2015

Digital developments are helping arts organisations make more money. Sam Mitchell describes some innovative new business models.

Digital

Risks worth taking?

02 Sep 2015

Case study

Who really benefits from ‘pay what you can’ and ‘pay what you decide’ ticketing offers? Two organisations reveal whether it worked for them.

Creative and commercial

28 Aug 2015

The 2008 crash shook Ali Pretty’s outdoor arts company hard. But after a bold decision to split the organisation in two, it’s now doing better than ever.

Gift Aid: speak now or forever...

24 Aug 2015

Unless arts organisations make their voices heard in the Government's Gift Aid consultation, the sector could shortly be facing a whole new set of challenges, says Philip Spedding.

Policy

Arts buildings told to build with a green mind

14 Aug 2015

Environmental sustainability

A new guide by Julie’s Bicycle provides advice on integrating environmental sustainability into capital project funding bids.

Architecture

Swipe, tap and donate

16 Jul 2015

There are probably more millionaires in your audience than you think. Libby Penn reveals how to find high-net-worth individuals already in your database.

Data

The secrets of sponsorship

02 Jul 2015

Is it possible for small, regional arts organisations to secure significant income through sponsorship? Heather Stewart shares the secrets of two festivals that have done just that.

Sponsorship

Is our funding system still fit for purpose?

25 Jun 2015

Arts organisations are changing rapidly to keep up with economic developments, but are grant-makers keeping up? Michelle Wright has her doubts.

Arts funding

Setting up shop

28 May 2015

Since opening its museum shop two years ago, the Sir John Soane Museum has seen it go from strength to strength, developing a valuable new income stream. Xanthe Arvanitakis explains how.

Retail and merchandising

A story of survival

23 Apr 2015

When Making Music learnt that it was no longer a National Portfolio Organisation, it was forced to rethink how it operated. Barbara Eifler describes a difficult six months.

Music

Convinced that the current trend towards an instrumentalist approach to arts funding underestimates the true value of the arts to society, Graham Henderson urges arts organisations to seek new sources of earned income with greater confidence.

Arts funding

Achieving artistic ambitions

26 Feb 2015

Financial independence and an ambitious artistic programme may seem incompatible, but Julia Fawcett has found a solution combining commercial savviness, efficiencies and sound planning.

A production at last

03 Nov 2014

Securing funding to produce its own play for the first time has been the breakthrough that Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury has wanted for some time, says Mark Everett.

Theatre

Change as a way of life

Image of dance performance outside offices

29 Oct 2014

Mira Kaushik records the changes that her dance company has made in response to sudden cuts in government funding.

Expert advice on fundraising challenges

13 Oct 2014