The Parkhouse Award

Analysis

The Parkhouse Award is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 1992, 34 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Parkhouse Award reported income of £29k and spending of £53k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2,242 to £29k (+1204%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 5765%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Parkhouse Award sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City of Southampton Orchestra (£29k), Sherborne U3a (£29k) and Exeter Bach Society (£29k).

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.