Artists' General Benevolent Institution

Analysis

Artists' General Benevolent Institution is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Artists' General Benevolent Institution reported income of £559k and spending of £717k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £587k to £559k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Artists' General Benevolent Institution sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lightbeam Academy (£558k), The Hummingbird Refugee Project (£559k) and Chigwell Riding Trust for Special Needs (£557k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 53%, investments 36% and trading 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £164k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £16.6m would cover about 268 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.