Southend -On-Sea Round Table Charitable Trust

Analysis

Southend -On-Sea Round Table Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southend -On-Sea Round Table Charitable Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,153 to £18k (+739%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 239740%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Southend -On-Sea Round Table Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moseley, Kings Heath & District U3a (£18k), Sing Out Sutton (£18k) and Cor Meibion Gwalia (£18k).