The Alan Turing Institute

Analysis

The Alan Turing Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09512457). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Alan Turing Institute reported income of £49.0m and spending of £58.1m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37.3m to £49.0m (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. 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, The Alan Turing Institute sits at the 100th 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 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include BH Live (£48.1m), National Museum of Wales (£49.2m) and Niab (£48.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, trading 32% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £14.6m. Reserves of £28.3m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 433 people.