The David Hockney Foundation (UK) Limited

Analysis

The David Hockney Foundation (UK) Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06637374). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The David Hockney Foundation (UK) Limited reported income of £922k and spending of £1.1m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £11.9m to £922k (-92%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 34% 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 David Hockney Foundation (UK) Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (£920k), St Bride Foundation (£922k) and Heartlands Trust (£919k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £814.3m would cover about 6028 months of spending at that rate.

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.