Official Statistics

Arts Council of Northern Ireland client survey findings

Analysis of data from the 2024/25 Annual Investment Survey, providing an overview of funding distribution and investment across the arts and cultural sector.

• From: Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Department for Communities (Northern Ireland)
• Published: 2 October 2025

Applies to Northern Ireland

Documents

Link to 2024/25 Annual Investment Survey Findings

https://artscouncil-ni.org/resources/official-statistics

Details

The survey presents key data on funded organisation workforce profiles (including gender and ethnicity), income and expenditure sources and activity and audience levels.

The data release underlines the Arts Council’s commitment to transparency and evidence-based decision-making. It also supports government, stakeholders, researchers, and the wider public in understanding how public funding is invested to strengthen the cultural sector. 

There have been no changes to the method or classification of these statistics since the last publication.

Published 2 October 2025