The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund

Analysis

The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund reported income of £982k and spending of £972k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £811k to £982k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Handel House Trust Limited (£982k), The Parham Park Trust (1984) (£983k) and Pegasus Opera Company Limited (£982k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, trading 30%, donations and legacies 8.9% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Reserves of £539k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.