The Maker with Rame Institute Fund

Analysis

The Maker with Rame Institute Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torpoint. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Maker with Rame Institute Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £21k to £14k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Maker with Rame Institute Fund sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cymdeithas Cor Meibion Myrddin (£14k), The Crampton Locomotive Trust (£14k) and Halesowen Choral Society (£14k).

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.