ILLUMINATED RIVER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1168375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation has the charitable object of promoting the arts by the creation and implementation of a lighting scheme of artistic merit for London's bridges. The Illuminated River project will transform the capital with a unified kinetic artwork across up to 15 of Central London's bridges.

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Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£357k
Registered
2016

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2021)

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£11.7m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£4.8m
Employees
5

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Kensington And Chelsea · Lambeth · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£14k£357k
29/02/2024£10k£340k
28/02/2023£81k£335k
28/02/2022£19k£1.2m
28/02/2021£4.2m£11.7m

Common questions

Who funds ILLUMINATED RIVER FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ILLUMINATED RIVER FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, REUBEN FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

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Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2022£4.0m
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2024£200k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATIONFY2023£72k
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2021£10k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Greater London Authority20/02/2017£100kGrant to The Illuminated River Foundation
ARCADIA—£6.2mIlluminated River Project
ARCADIA—£4.8mTowards the second phase of the Illuminated River