Sir John Soane's Museum Trust

Analysis

Sir John Soane's Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07965957). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sir John Soane's Museum Trust reported income of £214k and spending of £239k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £212k to £214k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, Sir John Soane's Museum Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Children's Bookshow (£214k), Jazz North (£214k) and South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum (£214k).

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.