The C Alma Baker Trust

Analysis

The C Alma Baker Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05745215). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The C Alma Baker Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £363k to £12k (-97%), an average of -57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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 C Alma Baker Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Myatt Garden (£12k), Brecknock Sinfonia Trust (£12k) and Grantham Music Club (£12k).

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.