ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE

Registered charity 281991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALEXANDRA PALACE, ALLY PALLY

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Latest income
£28.6m
Latest spending
£27.5m
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that consolidated unrestricted reserves amounted to £25.3m, which is above the stated policy target of six months of running costs. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by ongoing funding from the corporate trustee and robust commercial trading performance.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months (held: £25.3m)
The Trust aims to establish unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover the running costs of the Park and Palace, as well as staff costs, for a period of six months. — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants received from Haringey Council
During the Year, the Group received grants to the value of £1,755,000(2024: £1,755,000) for unrestricted purposes and £2,704,910 (2024: £470,000) for designated Capital Projects and £15,000 (2024:£nil) from Haringey Carbon Community Fund. — page 59
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Alexandra Palace Trading Limited
The Charity’s subsidiary company, Alexandra Palace Trading Limited (APTL) is a company limited by guarantee
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£28.6m
Total spending
£27.5m
Cost of raising funds
£71k
Reserves (reported)
£25.3m
Employees
212

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28.6m£27.5m
31/03/2024£24.4m£25.9m
31/03/2023£22.1m£21.9m
31/03/2022£17.8m£17.4m
31/03/2021£9.5m£10.5m

Common questions

Is ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE financially healthy?

The accounts state that consolidated unrestricted reserves amounted to £25.3m, which is above the stated policy target of six months of running costs. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties, supported by ongoing funding from the corporate trustee and robust commercial trading performance. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE as a grant recipient include THE ROSE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE ROSE FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/08/2023£89k"Commemorating 150 years of the People's Palace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/07/2020£250k"COVID19: Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2013£59k"Alexandra Palace - The First World War on the Home Front"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/04/2013£19.7m"Alexandra Palace: Reclaiming the People's Palace"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/05/2000£2.8m"Alexandra Palace & Park"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/1998£24k"London, Alexandra Palace Park - Restoration Plan"