CHARTS, Culture Heritage & Arts Assembly. Argyll & Isles

Name

CHARTS, Culture Heritage & Arts Assembly. Argyll & Isles

Legal name

Culture Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles

Website

https://chartsargyllandisles.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oban

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. Grant Funding: CHARTS operates as a publicly funded charity (SCIO SC049113) relying primarily on grant funding from government bodies and charitable foundations to support its operations, projects and member services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CHARTS operates a free, member-guided digital network and associated programmes for the culture, heritage and arts sector across Argyll and Bute. Its core service is an online platform combining a member directory, opportunities board, events listing and resources library, supplemented by funded programmes such as artist residencies, museum partnership support, collection tours and skills development for sole traders and micro-businesses.

Product overview

CHARTS (Culture, Heritage and Arts Assembly, Argyll and Isles) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) operating as a digital-facing member network for the culture, heritage, and arts sector in Argyll and Bute. The organization offers a unified platform comprising a free member directory (762 members), The Argyll Collection (170+ artwork collection), an opportunities board (308 postings), events platform, and resources library (90 resources). Programs include island residency initiatives, museum partnerships (Campbeltown Museum), and international cultural exchange. The organization connects artists, makers, and cultural organizations while creating sustainable opportunities through collaborative projects, exhibitions, and community engagement across the region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHARTS Member Directory
• The Argyll Collection
• CHARTS Opportunities Board
• CHARTS Events Platform
• CHARTS Resources Library
• Coastal Cultures Islands Residencies
• The Argyll Collection on Tour
• Keeping It Creel
• Argyll Aspires Exhibition Traineeship
• Growing Global Networks

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 500 people engaged with Coastal Cultures Islands Residencies between July 2023 and January 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supportive.

• liveArgyllcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership between CHARTS, liveArgyll and Argyll and Bute Council to support Campbeltown Museum development initiatives and regain full museum accreditation and nationally recognised museum status.
• Argyll and Bute CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership between CHARTS, liveArgyll and Argyll and Bute Council for Campbeltown Museum development, supporting collections care, exhibition planning, staffing, access, and outreach.
• Art UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to upload the full Argyll Collection, enriched by digital stories and curations to reach a national audience. Also collaborated on 'The Superpower of Looking' visual literacy programme.
• SmartifysupportiveTechnology or IntegrationDigitisation partnership for global exposure, selected to participate in unique collaboration with XpoNorth Digital and Smartify, the world's most downloaded museum app.
• Highlands and Islands EnterprisesupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the XpoNorth Digital programme that selected CHARTS for Smartify collaboration.
• University of St AndrewscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Dr Kate Cowcher to uncover new insights into the Argyll Collection, especially the African artworks, and support conservation.
• University of EdinburghcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Dr Lucy Steeds to uncover new insights and connections within the Argyll Collection.
• University of GlasgowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Prof. Christina Young for conservation work and technical art history research on the Collection.
• Royal Scottish AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for RSA200: Celebrating Together, enabling The Argyll Collection on Tour as part of the Academy's bicentenary celebrations.
• Royal Society of EdinburghsupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in presenting the African Collection at events across Scotland.
• National Galleries ScotlandsupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in presenting the African Collection and research collaboration.
• Mull and Iona Community TrustsupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Feàrna project, working on gatherings and presentations about Gaelic culture and heritage on Mull.
• Makerere UniversitysupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner in Uganda for Growing Global Networks project, establishing links between the Argyll Collection, CHARTS, and cultural institutions in Kampala.
• British Council UgandasupportiveStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for Growing Global Networks project in Uganda.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Craft Scotland: National membership body supporting makers and craft businesses across Scotland. CHARTS covers a broader arts/heritage remit but overlaps in supporting sole traders and micro-businesses through profiles, opportunities and training.
• Engage Scotland: Scottish membership organisation for gallery education and participatory arts practice. Both it and CHARTS serve as Scottish networks supporting cultural-sector practitioners and access to creative opportunities, with overlapping member personas and grant funder relationships.
• liveArgyll: Community-focused creative and cultural programming body operating in Argyll and Bute. CHARTS and liveArgyll are formal strategic partners on the Campbeltown Museum initiative and share overlapping regional remit and member/audience base.
• Green Arts Online: Scottish environmental arts network combining creativity and sustainability. Like CHARTS it is a member-led network, serves Scottish cultural practitioners, and is publicly funded through similar creative-sector and environmental grant programmes.
• Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS): Scottish charitable organisation promoting traditional music, dance, storytelling and customs. Shares CHARTS's heritage-preservation mission and member-based support model, with overlap in Gaelic culture and rural engagement.
• Voluntary Arts: UK-wide membership charity that promotes participation in cultural and creative amateur arts. CHARTS operates a structurally similar member-driven model, but is regionally scoped to Argyll and Bute rather than UK-wide.

Broad incumbents

• Museums Galleries Scotland: National development body for Scotland's museums and galleries sector and a funder of The Argyll Collection on Tour. Operates at a national scale while CHARTS delivers on-the-ground museum support (Campbeltown Museum) regionally.
• Creative Scotland: Scotland's national arts and creative industries funding body and development agency. It is a key funder and strategic partner of CHARTS, operating a much broader remit across all of Scotland while CHARTS focuses on regional delivery in Argyll and Bute.
• Art Fund: UK-wide charity that helps museums and galleries acquire and share art. As the primary funder of The Argyll Collection Reconnected, Art Fund operates at much larger national scale while sharing CHARTS's mission of public access to cultural collections.
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE): Scottish Government economic development agency for the Highlands and Islands. CHARTS is a partner in HIE-supported XpoNorth Digital and broader creative industries programmes, making HIE both a peer in regional creative-economy development and a partner/funder.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CHARTArgyllIsle
• Facebookfacebook.com/CHARTSArgyllandIsles
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/charts-culture-heritage-arts-assembly-argyll-isles
• Instagraminstagram.com/chartsargyllandisles

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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