The Magic Circle Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Magic Circle Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02155182). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Magic Circle Foundation Limited reported income of £211k and spending of £283k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £146k to £211k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, The Magic Circle Foundation Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Poetry Translation Centre Ltd (£211k), The Gilbert and Sullivan Society (£211k) and Five Towns Theatre (£210k).

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.