EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP

Registered charity 1123758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of The Exhibition Road Cultural Group is to promote education in particular by enhancing collaboration between the artistic, scientific and cultural institutions in and around Exhibition Road and South Kensington.

Objects

1 TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BY ENHANCING COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN AND AROUND EXHIBITION ROAD AND SOUTH KENSINGTON.2 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MIGHT PROPOSE AND AS THE MEMBERS APPROVE FROM TIME TO TIME ; AND3 TO PROMOTE AND FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF THE RESOURCES OF THE MEMBERS TO IMPROVE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS ARE IDENTIFIED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 3.1 AND 3.2

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, EXHIBITION ROAD AND SOUTH KENSINGTON.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£453k
Latest spending
£319k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £452,746 against total expenditure of £318,814, resulting in a net surplus of £133,932. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £213,151, which is significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £47,000. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources to meet liabilities and maintain operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Members Subscriptions (46% of income)
“Income was principally through membership subscriptions which amounted to £210,431” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: minimum of £47,000 in reserves (reserves figure: £213k)
“The Trustees have reviewed the reserves policy during the year and agreed maintaining a minimum of £47,000 in reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£453k£319k
31/03/2024£356k£316k
31/03/2023£462k£335k
31/03/2022£308k£275k
31/03/2021£151k£150k

Common questions

Is EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £452,746 against total expenditure of £318,814, resulting in a net surplus of £133,932. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £213,151, which is significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £47,000. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources to meet liabilities and maintain operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP as a grant recipient include ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2025£364kSouthKenZEN+ Project work
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2023£350kArt installation on Exhibition Road
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2022£350kSouthKenZen+
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2023£300kSouthKenZen+
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2024£90kSouthKenZEN+ Project work
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2024£70kSouthKenZEN+ Heat network
ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851FY2022£25kArt installation on Exhibition Road

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EXHIBITION ROAD CULTURAL GROUP£453k—0unclear—no doubt
TOURING EXHIBITIONS GROUP FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt
CURVINGROAD FY2025£691k—0unclear—noted
EAST STREET ARTS FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
HODDESDON (COMMUNITY) SOCIETY OF PERFORMING ARTS LTD. FY2025£319kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
DARTFORD ARTS CENTRE FY2025£645k—0unclear—no doubt

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