House of Imagination

Registered charity 1122010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 5X5X5 - CREATIVITY

House of Imagination is an independent, arts-based action research organisation. It involves groups of artists, educators and cultural centres working in partnership to support young children in their exploration and expression of ideas in order to help develop children as confident, creative thinkers.

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Latest income

£116k

Latest spending

£128k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £22,294 to £10,554. The trustees acknowledge the need to strengthen unrestricted income and improve organisational resilience within a challenging funding environment. The charity relies heavily on restricted project funding and in-kind support to deliver its programmes.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs in reserves (held: £11k)

“It is the policy of the charity to have three months of operating costs in reserves.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Jonathan Livingstone
Matthew Bisco
Miara Martell
Rosalind Deborah Crowford

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£116k	£128k
31/08/2024	£106k	£96k
31/08/2023	£131k	£150k
31/08/2022	£67k	£72k
31/08/2021	£69k	£85k

Common questions

Is House of Imagination financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £11,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £22,294 to £10,554. The trustees acknowledge the need to strengthen unrestricted income and improve organisational resilience within a challenging funding environment. The charity relies heavily on restricted project funding and in-kind support to deliver its programmes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRONTLINE TRUST	1	£122k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE MCLAIN FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£4k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
SIR HARRY PILKINGTON FUND	1	£1k
CURIOUS MINDS	1	£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION.

INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION income £512k
IMAGINE FOUNDATION income £268k
IMAGINE IF TRUST income £475k
THE SOHO HOUSE FOUNDATION income £168k
THE IDEAS FOUNDATION income £357k
CURIOUS MINDS income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
House of Imagination	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION FY2025	£512k	£80,001 - £90,000	below	—	no doubt
IMAGINE FOUNDATION FY2023	£268k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IMAGINE IF TRUST FY2024	£475k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOHO HOUSE FOUNDATION FY2024	£168k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE IDEAS FOUNDATION FY2025	£357k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.