House of Imagination

Analysis

House of Imagination is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in December 2007, 19 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 06173241). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, House of Imagination reported income of £116k and spending of £128k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £69k to £116k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, House of Imagination sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardiff Model Engineering Society (£116k), Music at Malling Ltd (£116k) and The Musical Youth Company of Oxford (£116k).