Spalding Gentlemen's Society

Analysis

Spalding Gentlemen's Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincs. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00543260). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Spalding Gentlemen's Society reported income of £796k and spending of £786k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £134k to £796k (+494%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 620%. 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, Spalding Gentlemen's Society 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ego Performance Company Ltd. (£791k), The Freud Museum London (£797k) and African Cultural Exchange Limited (£789k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 3.8% and investments 3.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £664k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.