Greenhouse Trust Fund

Analysis

Greenhouse Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greenhouse Trust Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £35k to £17k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Greenhouse Trust Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blake Society at St James's (£17k), Solihull Symphony Orchestra (£17k) and The Lady Smith Memorial (£17k).