The Jewish Museum London

Analysis

The Jewish Museum London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 353-359 Finchley Road. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02655110). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jewish Museum London reported income of £848k and spending of £4.2m, spending 500% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £898k to £848k (-5.6%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 221% 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, The Jewish Museum London sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Conservation (£847k), The Oxford Literary Festival (£849k) and Lux (£846k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, investments 7.7% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £37. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.