Autograph Abp

Analysis

Autograph Abp is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02285116). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Autograph Abp reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Autograph Abp sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's Scrapstore (£1.6m), The Manchester Young People's Theatre Limited (£1.6m) and The Rothschild Archive Limited (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, trading 19% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £450k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.