Pallant House Gallery

Analysis

Pallant House Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in March 2004, 22 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 05045130). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pallant House Gallery reported income of £3.0m and spending of £2.8m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.5m to £3.0m (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, Pallant House Gallery sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nisbet Trust (£3.0m), World Monuments Fund Britain Limited (£3.0m) and The Minack Theatre Trust CIO (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 46%, charitable activities 39%, investments 12% and trading 4.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,058. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.