Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Limited

Analysis

Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01488690). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Limited reported income of £1.0m and spending of £286k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £108k to £1.0m (+862%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 534%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 Ribble Valley Sports and Recreation (£1.0m), Liberdade Community Development Trust (£1.0m) and St David's Diocesan Council for Social Responsibility (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95%, trading 3.4% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £775k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 3.6%. Reserves of £10.9m would cover about 444 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.