The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust

Analysis

The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03908975). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.6m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.9m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Corn Exchange (Newbury) 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highgate Wood and Queens Park Kilburn (£2.9m), Lawes Agricultural Trust (£2.9m) and Moss Side Millennium Powerhouse Ltd (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 36%, trading 12% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £304k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 people.