The Rank Prize Funds

Analysis

The Rank Prize Funds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 11675628). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rank Prize Funds reported income of £425k and spending of £918k, spending 216% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £288k to £425k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 228% 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 Rank Prize Funds 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 British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) (£424k), The National Lobster Hatchery (£425k) and Dreadnought (£424k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.