The Zaha Hadid Foundation

Analysis

The Zaha Hadid Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08478949). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Zaha Hadid Foundation reported income of £9.2m and spending of £7.8m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.7m to £9.2m (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 654%. Over the whole period it spent 42% 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 Zaha Hadid Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Limited (£9.2m), York Museum & Gallery Trust (£9.2m) and The University of Notre Dame (USA) in England (£9.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 37%, donations and legacies 12% and investments 6.3%. Charitable activities took 0.0% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £16.0m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.