Hungarian Cultural Association

Analysis

Hungarian Cultural Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07606402). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Hungarian Cultural Association reported income of £39k and spending of £43k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £28k to £39k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Hungarian Cultural Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Birchmeadow Centre Management Committee (£39k), Blackbushe Heritage Trust (£39k) and Institute of Islamic Banking and Insurance (£39k).

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.