Annual Impact 2025/26
Our Annual Impact Report 2025/26 shows how Creative United has used research and innovation to support creative livelihoods across the UK. This year we listened closely to artists, musicians and small creative businesses, and investigated the challenges they face, from nano businesses operating below the radar of government policy to the gap between making art and making a living. We then turned that evidence into practical action.
Highlights from 2025/26
- Generated over £6.5 million to support the livelihoods of artists, musicians and nano creative businesses, a 1:9 return on public investment
- Supported the creative lives and livelihoods of an estimated 13,500 people across the UK
- Put nano creative businesses on the policy agenda with our Below the Radar research
- Doubled the Own Art loan limit to £5,000 and launched the Guide to Buying Adaptive Musical Instruments
Many thanks to our principal funders Arts Council England, Creative Scotland, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Arts Council of Wales and collaborative partners for their continued support.
