Stockport Plaza Trust Limited

Analysis

Stockport Plaza Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03790941). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Stockport Plaza Trust Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £640k to £1.6m (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Stockport Plaza Trust Limited 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rockingham Forest Trust (£1.6m), The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (£1.6m) and Britten Sinfonia Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.