Ferens Art Gallery

Analysis

Ferens Art Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in August 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ferens Art Gallery reported income of £242k and spending of £348k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £174k to £242k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Ferens Art Gallery sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Priest's House Museum Trust (£242k), Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust (£242k) and The Charles Halle Foundation (£242k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.