Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn

Analysis

Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.8m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.9m (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn 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 Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd (£2.8m), The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust (£2.9m) and S1: Artspace/Projects (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £142. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £497k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.