The Flag Institute

Analysis

The Flag Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beverley. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Flag Institute reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £15k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Flag Institute sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of the Parish Church of Saint Dunstan, Cranbrook (£15k), The Hillview Community Association (£15k) and Bramshall and Loxley Village Hall (£15k).