Frome Cheese & Grain Limited

Analysis

Frome Cheese & Grain Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Frome. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04736751). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Frome Cheese & Grain Limited reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £357k to £1.7m (+364%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Frome Cheese & Grain Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polish Social and Cultural Association (£1.7m), Chalke History Trust (£1.7m) and The British Library Collections Trust (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, trading 4.1% and donations and legacies 3.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £18k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.