The Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust

Analysis

The Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1995, 31 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. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust reported income of £79k and spending of £71k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £58k to £79k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 293%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, The Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ymddiriedolaeth Susan Williams-Ellis Foundation (£79k), Association of the Bulgarian Community in Medway (Abcim) (£79k) and Dunmow U3a (£79k).