The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum

Analysis

The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coniston. It was registered in October 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum reported income of £736k and spending of £469k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £219k to £736k (+236%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Learned Society of Wales (£736k), Army Air Corps Charity (£739k) and The Manifold Charitable Trust (£735k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 6 people.