Institute of Conservation

Analysis

Institute of Conservation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2005, 21 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 05201058). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute of Conservation reported income of £847k and spending of £867k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £763k to £847k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Institute of Conservation 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 Lux (£846k), The Jewish Museum London (£848k) and The Organisation for New Music and Sound (£844k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, trading 13%, donations and legacies 4.0% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8,797. Reserves of £258k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 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.