The Arts Council England has announced details of its 2023–2026 investment programme, which includes the National Portfolio Organisations for the same period.
In all, 990 arts organisations are being funded across England. The regional breakdown is:
o London – 282 organisations; total investment £151,986,994.
o North – 282 organisations; total investment £127,856,903.
o Midlands – 170 organisations; total investment £83,641,396.
o South East – 139 organisations; total investment £45,763,837.
o South West – 117 organisations; total investment £37,015,355
The full list of all 990 organisations supported can be found on the Arts Council England website (click on “Get the Data” at the top of the page to reveal the spreadsheet listing funded organisations).
Organisations funded in the South West region that will be funded from 2023-2026 are (arranged alphabetically):
A Space Arts
Academy of Circus Arts and Physical Theatre t/a Circomedia
acta community theatre ltd
Activate Performing Arts Ltd
Ad Infinitum Productions CIO
AIR in G (Arts in Rural Gloucestershire) Ltd
Arnolfini Gallery
Art Asia Trust Limited
Artsreach
Artswork
Asian Arts Agency
Aspex Visual Arts Trust
Awards for Young Musicians
Barbican Theatre, Plymouth
Bath Spa University Paper Nations
BCP Council
Beaford Arts
Bernard Leach Trust Limited (Leach Pottery)
Beyond Face CIC
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Bridport Arts Centre
Bristol Museums
Bristol Music Trust
Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Trust Ltd
b-side Multimedia Festival CIC
Burton Art Gallery and Museum
Chapel Arts Studios
Cheltenham Festivals
Cinderford Artspace
Contains Art CIO
Cornwall Museums Partnership
Create Gloucestershire
Create Studios Digital Media CIC
Creative Kernow Ltd
Crying Out Loud
Diverse City
Doorstep Arts
Exeter City Council
Exeter City of Literature
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Exeter Phoenix
Gloucester Culture Trust
Gloucester Guildhall
Gloucestershire Everyman Theatre Ltd
Gloucestershire Libraries & Information
Hampshire Cultural Trust
intoBodmin CIC
John Hansard Gallery
Kala The Arts
KARST
Knowle West Media Centre
Libraries Unlimited South West
Literature Works
Little Bulb Theatre
MAKE Southwest
Mayflower Academy Ltd
MAYK Theatre CIC
Miracle Theatre Trust Ltd
National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain
Newlyn Art Gallery Ltd
North Devon Council
North Devon Theatres
Nutkhut
Octagon Theatre SSDC
OpenUp Music
OperaUpClose
Paraorchestra and Friends
Pavilion Dance South West Ltd
Plymouth Culture CIO
Poole Arts Trust Ltd
Prema Arts Centre
Prime Theatre
Proteus Theatre Company
Real Ideas Organisation CIC
Seeta Patel Dance Ltd
Shademakers UK Carnival Club
SoCo Music Project
Somerset Art Works
Somerset Film and Video Ltd
Soumik Datta Arts
South West Heritage Trust
Spike Island Artspace Ltd
ss Great Britain Trust
St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
St Pauls Carnival (Bristol) CIC
Steve Ross Foundation for the Arts
Strike A Light (Gloucester)
Stroud Valleys Artspace
Swindon Dance
Take Art Limited
Tangle Ltd
Tete a Tete
The Anvil Trust Ltd
The Box (Plymouth City Council)
The Good Agency
The Hall For Cornwall Trust
The Island Collection
The New Carnival Company CIC
The Phoenix Theatre & Arts Centre
The Plough Arts Centre
The Point
The Pound Arts Trust Ltd
The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre
The Theatre Orchard
The UK Association for Music Education – Music Mark
Theatre Royal (Plymouth) Ltd
Tobacco Factory Theatres
Travaux Sauvages Ltd t/a Wildworks
Trigger Productions Ltd
Turner Sims, Southampton
Ventnor Exchange
Watershed Arts Trust Ltd
Wessex Museums Trust
Wiltshire Creative
Wiltshire Music Centre Trust Ltd
Wise Children
ZoieLogic Dance Theatre
Image: The Plough Arts Centre (which has a seat in its auditorium sponsored by GRIN) in Great Torrington, has been offered an annual grant of £120,000 per year over the next 3 years by the Arts Council England..