The Ropetackle Centre Trust

Analysis

The Ropetackle Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05124613). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ropetackle Centre Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £537k to £1.1m (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Ropetackle Centre Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Access All Areas (£1.1m), International National Trusts Organisation (£1.1m) and Saltdean Lido Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, trading 18%, donations and legacies 8.1% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 6.9%. Reserves of £314k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.