Guild of St Mary's Centre Lichfield

Analysis

Guild of St Mary's Centre Lichfield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02782699). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Guild of St Mary's Centre Lichfield reported income of £618k and spending of £734k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £363k to £618k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Guild of St Mary's Centre Lichfield sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arts Trust Productions (£614k), St Andrew's Club (£618k) and Action Space London Events Limited (£613k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 59%, charitable activities 21% and donations and legacies 19%. Charitable activities took 46% of spending and raising funds 54%. Reserves of £34k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.