De LA Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust

Analysis

De LA Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexhill-On-Sea. It was registered in November 1997, 29 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03446307). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, De LA Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust reported income of £3.9m and spending of £4.4m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £3.9m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, De LA Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingston Theatre Trust (£3.9m), The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (£4.0m) and Great Western Society Limited (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 37%, donations and legacies 36% and charitable activities 24%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 25%. Reserves of £78k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 59 people.

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.