Friends of the Goethe-Institut London

Analysis

Friends of the Goethe-Institut London is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2018, 8 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 10545257). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Goethe-Institut London reported income of £69k and spending of £55k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £69k (+244%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 244%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Friends of the Goethe-Institut London sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Manchester Mid-Day Concerts Society (£69k), Hyde Festival Community Association (£69k) and Norfolk Family History Society (£69k).