Colchester Institute Foundation Trust

Analysis

Colchester Institute Foundation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Colchester Institute Foundation Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £13k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1,068 to £21k (+1896%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 1224%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Colchester Institute Foundation Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vale Community Association (£21k), Wigston Framework Knitters Museum CIO (£21k) and The Alderley and Wilmslow Musical Theatre Company (£21k).