East Malling Institute

Analysis

East Malling Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Malling. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, East Malling Institute reported income of £14k and spending of £14k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £22k to £14k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 30%. 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, East Malling Institute sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swift Singers (£14k), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Trust (£14k) and Robert Woodward Parish Hall and Institute (£14k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.