The Ida Carroll Trust

Analysis

The Ida Carroll Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ida Carroll Trust reported income of £38k and spending of £62k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £23k to £38k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 183% 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 Ida Carroll Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thalian Theatre Company (£38k), The Village Hall East and Botolph Claydon (£38k) and Upham New Millennium Village Hall (£38k).

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.