MK Gallery
Analysis
MK Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02422890). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending March 2025, MK Gallery reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.8m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.8m (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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, MK Gallery sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wessex Rivers Trust (£1.8m), Greenwich + Docklands Festivals (£1.8m) and Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited (£1.8m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, trading 20% and donations and legacies 17%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 8.7%. Reserves of £311k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 17%
- Charitable activities 52%
- Trading 20%
- Investments 0.2%
- Other 10%
In the charity's own words
To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education and understanding of the public, particularly through the production and presentation of and engagement with the arts, visual culture and related areas of creative practice, and to formulate, prepare and establish projects and schemes therefore provided that all objects of the Gallery shall be of a charitable nature.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Wessex Rivers Trust | Wiltshire | £1.8m |
| Greenwich + Docklands Festivals | London | £1.8m |
| Richmond Upon Thames Music Trust Company Limited | Twickenham | £1.8m |
| Southwark Playhouse Theatre Company | London | £1.8m |