Publically funded arts organisations' earned income 2017

This statistic displays the average earned income per attendance of organisations receiving regular public funding via the Arts Council in England in the fiscal year 2016/17, by discipline. Music organisations had the highest earned income at 35.49 British pounds per attendance.

Earned income per attendance of publicly funded arts organisations in England in 2016/17, by discipline* (in GBP)

Characteristic	Earned income in GBP
Music	35.49
Theatre	27.26
Dance	23.28
Combined arts	5.82
Museums	4.71
Literature	2.76
Visual arts	2.22
All	11.03

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March 2018

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

Financial year 2016/17

Supplementary notes

* Based on a total of 649 arts and cultural organisations receiving regular funding from Arts Council England (ACE) through their National Portfolio funding program.
ACE is the national development agency distributing government and lottery funding for the arts in England.

Earned income is defined by the source as follows: "All income generated by an organisation’s artistic activity, educational activity and any supplementary activity including trading income and bank interest is included in earned income. This includes box office receipts, engagement and other fees, entrance charges, sales of books and magazines, workshop fees, individual membership fees etc."
Attendance is the number of people attending activities by organisations of each artform.

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