WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

Registered charity 312162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WHITECHAPEL GALLERY, WHITECHAPEL, WHITECHAPEL ART GALLERY

Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£4.5m

Registered

1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£3.5m

Total spending

£4.5m

Cost of raising funds

£739k

Reserves (reported)

£299k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (21/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

WHITECHAPEL GALLERY TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.5m	£4.5m
31/03/2024	£4.4m	£5.0m
31/03/2023	£4.1m	£5.3m
31/03/2022	£4.5m	£4.7m
31/03/2021	£5.1m	£3.9m

Common questions

Who funds WHITECHAPEL GALLERY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WHITECHAPEL GALLERY as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE FOYLE FOUNDATION, SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION, THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART, THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£308k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION	FY2023	£84k
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2024	£40k
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION	FY2022	£25k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£20k
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE FREELANDS FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£10k
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
STANLEY PICKER TRUST	FY2025	£10k
STANLEY PICKER TRUST	FY2023	£8k
STANLEY PICKER TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART	FY2024	£5k
The Ross Foundation	FY2023	£100

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/05/2013	£277k	"Skills for the Future: Whitechapel Gallery: Heritage Traineeship Programme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2010	£399k	"Cultural Heritage Skills in the London's East End"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	12/01/2007	£50k	"Archive Adventures"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/12/2004	£3.7m	"Whitechapel Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/07/2003	£45k	"Whitechapel Project"