The Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust

Analysis

The Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03875823). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust reported income of £62k and spending of £64k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £77k to £62k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pensychnant Foundation (£62k), West Derby Community Association Limited (£62k) and Ealing Book Festival (£62k).

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.