Thinktank Trust

Analysis

Thinktank Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 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 company (Companies House number 03239119). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thinktank Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.8m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.4m (+0.0%), an average of +0.0% a year. Over the whole period it spent 136% 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, Thinktank Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Falklands Conservation (£1.4m), Rotunda Ltd (£1.4m) and Stanley Arts (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.

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.