Arts Derbyshire

What Arts Derbyshire does

Arts Derbyshire is the designated strategic arts charity for Derbyshire county in the United Kingdom, providing a centralised platform and service portfolio for the regional creative community. The organisation operates a web-based directory platform (artsderbyshire.org.uk) that aggregates artist profiles, arts organisation listings, venue information, and a searchable What's On events calendar spanning visual arts, performing arts, literature, film, festivals, and creative health.

Its core product surface consists of an integrated directory platform (Artists & Organisations, Venues, What's On) complemented by a set of discipline-specific service programmes: Creative Health (including Social Prescribing, Sing Viva Carers' Choirs, Necklace of Stars, DDance, Creatives in Place, Matinee, and 30 Days Creative), Festivals Development (Derbyshire Festivals 2026, Festivity On Tour 2025, Derbyshire Makes, Festivity), Film Development, Literature Development, Performing Arts (Live & Local Rural Touring), and Visual Arts (D:Lab Digital Art Gallery). The organisation serves individual artists, venues and arts organisations, the general public, and service provider/public-sector partners across the county.

The business model is non-commercial: Arts Derbyshire is a registered nonprofit that provides free public access to event listings and directory information, funds operations through donations, and operates a free registered-membership programme that enables artists and venues to submit events and create profiles. Distribution is entirely self-serve through the website and email newsletters, with no disclosed monetisation tiers, paid subscriptions, or named anchor customers.

Name

Arts Derbyshire

Legal name

Arts Derbyshire

Website

https://artsderbyshire.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arts Derbyshire is the strategic arts charity for Derbyshire, UK, operating a free web-based directory that aggregates artists, venues, and events across all arts disciplines and delivers discipline-specific programmes in Creative Health, Festivals, Film, Literature, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts Development Services

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Art, Arts Councils & Grantmaking Programs (BPAGAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC), Performing Arts & Music Lessons (Dance, Drumming, Instrument Lessons, Theater) (THAJAKAC), Arts & Crafts Workshops (Painting, Pottery, Ceramics, Sculpture) (THAJAKAA)

Keywords

• Arts charity services
• Events directory platform
• Community arts development
• Creative health programmes
• Festival development support

Headquarters

HQ city

Derbyshire

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Arts Derbyshire accepts donations through their website to support their charitable mission of enriching lives through arts in Derbyshire.
2. Membership Fees: Artists, venues, and organisations can become registered members to submit events to the directory, indicating a membership-based revenue model.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arts Derbyshire operates a comprehensive online directory platform aggregating Derbyshire's artists, arts organisations, venues, and events into a single searchable interface. Alongside the directory, the charity delivers strategic arts development programmes across multiple disciplines including creative health, festivals, film, literature, performing arts, and visual arts, supporting community participation and professional development in the local arts sector.

Product overview

Arts Derbyshire operates as a strategic arts charity providing a unified platform and service portfolio for Derbyshire's creative community. The core offering consists of an integrated directory platform combining artists and organisations listings, venues directory, and What's On events listings—all unified through a single searchable interface. Supporting this core platform are specialised service programmes covering Creative Health, Festivals Development, Film Development, Literature Development, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts, each offering targeted resources, networking, and project support for their respective creative disciplines. The D:Lab Digital Art Gallery represents their digital arts initiative within the Visual Arts programme.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arts Directory Platform

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• National Rural Touring Forum: UK-wide network supporting rural touring schemes, including the Live & Local model that Arts Derbyshire operates. Directly comparable as the coordinating body for the same touring format and audience-development approach.
• Artsadmin: London-based arts charity providing producing support, artist development, and resources for contemporary performance makers. Comparable as a support organisation for artists and small arts groups, though focused on producing rather than place-based coordination.
• Create London: East London arts charity delivering artist development, creative engagement, and place-based cultural strategy. Comparable as a place-based arts development charity that combines strategic leadership, programme delivery, and audience/artist support — operating at borough rather than county scale.
• Idea Store / Tower Hamlets Arts & Events: Network of community learning and cultural hubs in Tower Hamlets offering arts, events, and creative programmes to local residents. Similar in combining arts directory/programme aggregation with community participation and learning offerings at neighbourhood scale.
• Battersea Arts Centre: London community arts charity operating a venue and a year-round participatory programme supporting artists and local audiences. Similar in combining venue/space, artist development, and a community-facing programme portfolio, although at larger scale and in an urban context.
• Take Art: Somerset-based rural touring and community arts charity running Live & Local-style schemes and creative health initiatives. Closely comparable model to Arts Derbyshire's Live & Local Rural Touring and Creative Health programmes, operating in a different rural county.

Broad incumbents

• Arts Council England: National development agency for arts and culture in England, distributing public funding and setting strategic direction for regional arts. Arts Derbyshire operates as a county-level strategic body under this broader umbrella, with overlapping development remit across multiple art forms.
• Roundhouse: Major London performing arts and creative youth charity combining venue operations with talent development programmes. Comparable in combining venue/programme work with a youth and creative participation focus, though at significantly larger scale and urban context.

Regional players

• South East Dance: Regional dance development organisation supporting artists, venues, and audiences across the South East of England. Analogous to Arts Derbyshire's discipline-specific programme work (Dance Arts Resources), focused on a single art form within a defined region.
• Live Theatre: Newcastle-based theatre producing charity with a development programme supporting writers, performers, and community participation. Comparable as a regionally-rooted arts charity that combines venue programming, talent development, and community engagement — mirroring Arts Derbyshire's performing arts arm but in a different region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arts-derbyshire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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