The Hermitage Foundation UK

Analysis

The Hermitage Foundation UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04766258). It says it provides other finance, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Hermitage Foundation UK reported income of £48k and spending of £57k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £465k to £48k (-90%), an average of -43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 300%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 Hermitage Foundation UK sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of Equestrian Artists (£48k), Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom (£48k) and St Margarets in Ruins Conservation Trust (£48k).

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.