Friends of the Laing Art Gallery

Analysis

Friends of the Laing Art Gallery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in May 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of the Laing Art Gallery reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £20k to £20k (-2.2%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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, Friends of the Laing Art Gallery sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surrey Heath Choral CIO (£20k), Brookthorpe Village Hall (£20k) and Arts Dream Selsey (£20k).

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.