Exhibition Road Cultural Group

Analysis

Exhibition Road Cultural Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05983125). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Exhibition Road Cultural Group reported income of £453k and spending of £319k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £151k to £453k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Exhibition Road Cultural Group sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thames Festival Trust (£452k), Equal Arts Ltd. (£454k) and History of Advertising Trust (£452k).