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Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is a registered charity (number 298909) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £58m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, The Hayward (Charity Commission)
- 1 trustee
- Income £58m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
No individual trustees are listed on the register.
Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Southbank Centre Limited.
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.southbankcentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£58m£64m
- 2024£54m£57m
- 2023£53m£54m
Earlier years
- 2022£43m£42m
- 2021£36m£37m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts under 1% · Government grants 31%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE PROMOTION OF THE ARTS FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH BANK ESTATE AS A CENTRE FOR THE ARTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN GREAT BRITAIN IN GENERAL AND OF LONDON IN PARTICULAR. 2. THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND PRACTICE OF THE ARTS AT THE SOUTH BANK ESTATE OR ANY PART OF IT. 3. THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF SUCH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE ARTS AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER DESIRABLE AT THE SOUTH BANK ESTATE OR ANY PART OF IT.
Grants received
32 grants · £91,570,775 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £40,174,162 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £28,642,700 (6 grants)
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £18,754,694 (3 grants)
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £1,939,000 (4 grants)
- Spirit of 2012 · £722,019
Most recent
- Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
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1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 72.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 298909
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31ST MARCH 1988 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 8TH JULY 1994 & SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF 19 MARCH 2008. as amended on 26 Feb 2026
- Contact on the register
- 020 3879 9555
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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