Brixton House Limited
Analysis
Brixton House Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01796513). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Brixton House Limited reported income of £2.0m and spending of £3.4m, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brixton House Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yad Moshe Limited (£2.0m), Entindale Limited (£2.0m) and Onvero (£2.0m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 48%, trading 29%, investments 7.6% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £8,000. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 20%. It employed 65,170 people.
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 1.4%
- Legacies 0.4%
- Charitable activities 48%
- Trading 29%
- Investments 7.6%
- Other 13%
In the charity's own words
Established in the 1930s as a philanthropic educational project, Oval House developed as a specialist arts centre in the 1960s, maintaining a strong educational core to the work while establishing an identity as a seed-bedding space for some of Britain's most cutting edge new artists. The work falls into three areas, of equal policy priority:Theatre, Youth Arts and Arts in Education.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Yad Moshe Limited | Manchester | £2.0m |
| Entindale Limited | London | £2.0m |
| Onvero | London | £2.0m |
| Majlis Ansarullah (UK) Ltd | Surrey | £2.0m |