Ikon Gallery Limited

Analysis

Ikon Gallery Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in July 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00902136). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ikon Gallery Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.9m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Ikon Gallery Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (£1.9m), Global Generation (£1.9m) and The Montgomery Theatre and Arts Centre Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, trading 7.0%, investments 2.3% and charitable activities 1.7%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £267k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 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.