Platform Earth

Analysis

Platform Earth is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Platform Earth reported income of £120k and spending of £113k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £366k to £120k (-67%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 352%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Platform Earth sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swansea Little Theatre Limited (£120k), Bath Light Operatic Group (£120k) and The Pembrokeshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£120k).