01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 29 April 2005
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04921852
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £512,281
- Latest expenditure
- £527,684
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: School 360, 5 Sugar House Lane, LONDON, E15 2QS
Website recorded by the regulator: www.ioi.london (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Institute of Imagination works to advance the education for the public benefit in the subject of the arts, sciences and digital technologies by offering learning programmes to young people across the UK and internationally
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 9 June 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 May 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £512,281
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £527,684
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 20 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 20 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £572,531
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £638,069
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £604,639
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £863,672
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £826,425
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £873,573
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,511,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £926,612
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 9 June 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £512,281
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £527,684
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 120001 130000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 54
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 20 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £572,531
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £638,069
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 80001 90000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 50
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £604,639
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £863,672
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £826,425
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £873,573
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £18,074
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 60001 70000
- 1
- Count Salary Band 90001 100000
- 1
- Count Volunteers
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 19 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £1,511,191
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £926,612
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- Yes
- Charity Professional Fundraiser
- No
- Charity Commercial Participator
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- Yes
- Count Govt Grants
- £3
- Income From Government Grants
- £52,952
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- Yes
- Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary
- Yes
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- Yes
- Count Salary Band 70001 80000
- 2
- Count Volunteers
- 25
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 9 June 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 477002
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 9750
- Income Investments
- 3087
- Income Other
- 22442
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 512281
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £108,031
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £419,653
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 527684
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 4024
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 12349
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 179296
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2700
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £64,575
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1209
- Assets Own Use
- 1209
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £748,367
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £649,625
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £99,951
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 649625
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £742,227
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 64575
- Funds Restricted
- 35376
- Funds Total
- 99951
- Count Employees
- 5
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 20 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 557686
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 12370
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 2475
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 572531
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £164,538
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £473,531
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 638069
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 10075
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 181017
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3510
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £65,346
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3919
- Assets Own Use
- 3909
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 10
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £139,142
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £27,715
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £115,346
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 27715
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £83,123
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 65346
- Funds Restricted
- 50000
- Funds Total
- 115346
- Count Employees
- 12
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 529540
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 70865
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 4234
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 604639
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £210,567
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £653,105
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 863672
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 24170
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 202260
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 5458
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £180,892
- Assets Total Fixed
- 7419
- Assets Own Use
- 7419
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £230,062
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £56,589
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £180,892
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 56589
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £156,893
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 180892
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 180892
- Count Employees
- 15
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 31 October 2023
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 615713
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 209683
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 1029
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 826425
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £206,836
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £666,737
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 873573
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 13355
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 259936
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 17140
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £310,130
- Assets Total Fixed
- 9032
- Assets Own Use
- 9032
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £600,995
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £170,102
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £439,925
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 170102
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £575,942
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 310103
- Funds Restricted
- 129822
- Funds Total
- 439925
- Count Employees
- 12
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 19 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 966884
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 184183
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 124
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 1151191
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £151,106
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £775,506
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 926612
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 52952
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 212201
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 13409
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £435,414
- Assets Total Fixed
- 23994
- Assets Own Use
- 23994
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £773,624
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £310,545
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £487,073
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 310545
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £620,203
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 435414
- Funds Restricted
- 51659
- Funds Total
- 487073
- Count Employees
- 11
- Consolidated Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 109
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 310
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Activities
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- INSTITUTE OF IMAGINATION
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2005-04-29T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 OCTOBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION ON 6 FEBRUARY 2008 AND CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16 JUNE 2009 AND 17 AUGUST 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/02/2015 as amended on 07 Nov 2022
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS BY THE PROVISION AND CONDUCT OF A CHILD-CENTRED MUSEUM DESIGNED AND ADAPTED TO STIMULATE CURIOSITY AND MOTIVATE LEARNING.
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 424177
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- LCM
- Charity Name Id
- 424189
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE LONDON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 424182
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE LONDON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 532722
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM FOR LONDONAND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 424172
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- EUREKA THE LONDON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
- Charity Name Id
- 424162
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- AMUSEUM
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Investment
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures