The Stradivari Trust

Analysis

The Stradivari Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Stradivari Trust reported income of £144k and spending of £31k, leaving 78% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £44k to £144k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 170%. Over the whole period it spent 55% 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 Stradivari Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British-Spanish Society (£144k), Opera Brava Limited (£144k) and The Old Heathcoat School Community Centre (King Street Tiverton) Limited (£144k).