Earlham Institute

Analysis

Earlham Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in UK. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06855533). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Earlham Institute reported income of £14.1m and spending of £14.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £11.1m to £14.1m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Earlham Institute sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (£14.0m), The Martlets Hospice Limited (£14.1m) and The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited (£14.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, investments 4.4% and trading 1.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 107 people.