The Burlington Magazine Foundation

Analysis

The Burlington Magazine Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Burlington Magazine Foundation reported income of £80k and spending of £456k, spending 572% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £103k to £80k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 353% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Burlington Magazine Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeman Road Playgroup (£80k), High Polymer Research Group (£80k) and Friends of John Ball Association (£80k).

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.