The National Funding Scheme

Analysis

The National Funding Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08223187). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The National Funding Scheme reported income of £440k and spending of £480k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £965k to £440k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, The National Funding Scheme sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Irene Taylor Trust (£440k), The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest (£442k) and Tape Community Music and Film (£440k).