The Fidelio Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Fidelio Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 2005, 21 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 March 2025, The Fidelio Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £89k, spending 323% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,295 to £27k (+538%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 625% 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 Fidelio Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poetry in Aldeburgh (£27k), Nida Trust (£27k) and The Runnymede Drama Group (£27k).

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.