Artist Rooms Foundation

Analysis

Artist Rooms Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2011, 15 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 07503618). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Artist Rooms Foundation reported income of £17k and spending of £27k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,432 to £17k (+1056%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 1211% 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, Artist Rooms Foundation sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Richmond Methodist School (£17k), Knaresborough Museum Association (£17k) and Isca Ensemble (£17k).

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.