The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts
Analysis
The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wrexham. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts reported income of £24k and spending of £15k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,363 to £24k (+285%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 350%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Ulrike Michal Foundation for the Arts sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Art and Psychoanalysis (£24k), Sudden Impulse Production Company (£24k) and Friends of Addingham Primary School (£24k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The foundation seeks to promote, encourage and extend the love, appreciation, enjoyment, understanding and practice of fine and decorative arts, and their traditional skills, through awarding grants for art projects in and supporting fine/decorative arts students in and from north Wales, Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation for Art and Psychoanalysis | London | £24k |
| Sudden Impulse Production Company | Warwickshire | £24k |
| Friends of Addingham Primary School | West Yorkshire | £24k |
| Gaidz (UK) | Caerdydd | £24k |