Official Statistics

Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations 2023/24 and 2024/25

This release provides statistics on the total income generated by DCMS-funded cultural organisations.

Applies to England

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About

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport grants funding to the 15 sponsored museums and other cultural organisations through Grant-in-Aid. This report presents the total income generated by the DCMS-funded cultural organisations through charitable giving (fundraising income), Grant-in-Aid and other forms of income.

The cultural organisations included in this year’s report are: Arts Council England and their National Portfolio Organisations, British Film Institute, British Library, Historic England, and the 15 DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries.

First Published

29 April 2026

Period covered

April 2023 to March 2025

Geographic coverage

England

Pre-release access

The pre-release access document contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Total Income of DCMS-funded cultural organisations. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.

Office for Statistics Regulation

Our statistical practice is regulated by the OSR. OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

Next update

2027

Contact

Responsible statistician: Sam Alder

For any queries please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

Updates to this page

Published 29 April 2026

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