The British Institution Fund

Analysis

The British Institution Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The British Institution Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £5,269, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,907 to £11k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 British Institution Fund sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Holymead Primary School (£11k), Washington University of the Third Age (£11k) and Caldecote School PTA (£11k).