Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust

Analysis

Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in March 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05311990). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust reported income of £448k and spending of £432k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £143k to £448k (+213%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sturminster Newton Community Building Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Covenant Cherubim & Seraphim Movement Church (£448k), Police Children's Fund (£448k) and Parabola Foundation (£448k).