Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust

Analysis

Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in December 2019, 7 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 11774969). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust reported income of £11.7m and spending of £11.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6.7m to £11.7m (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust 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 Northamptonshire Arts Management Trust (£11.6m), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited (£11.8m) and Hampstead Heath (£11.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, charitable activities 30% and trading 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 8.7%. It employed 216 people.