The Institute of British Organ Building

Analysis

The Institute of British Organ Building is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 2021, 5 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Institute of British Organ Building reported income of £69k and spending of £66k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £89k to £69k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 Institute of British Organ Building 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 Solva Edge Festival Limited (£69k), Norfolk Family History Society (£69k) and Mid Powys Youth Theatre (£69k).