Radio Academy

Analysis

Radio Academy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01978864). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Radio Academy reported income of £478k and spending of £413k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £266k to £478k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Radio Academy sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canolfan a Mentor Gymraeg Merthyr Tudful (£476k), Menter Gorllewin Sir GÂR (£478k) and The Poetry School (£475k).