FABRIC Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Analysis

FABRIC Charitable Incorporated Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2021, 5 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, FABRIC Charitable Incorporated Organisation reported income of £3.1m and spending of £2.9m, spending 94% of its income. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, FABRIC Charitable Incorporated Organisation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Magna Trust (£3.1m), Studio Wayne McGregor Limited (£3.1m) and The Royal School of Needlework (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 45% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £373k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.