The Strawberry Hill Trust

Analysis

The Strawberry Hill Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Twickenham. It was registered in January 2003, 23 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 04516140). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Strawberry Hill Trust reported income of £726k and spending of £861k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £663k to £726k (+9.6%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 113% 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 Strawberry Hill Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Modern Art Press (£726k), International Dendrology Society (£727k) and The Ampersand Foundation (£724k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 44%, charitable activities 42% and trading 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,600. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £70k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.