Shakespeare North Trust

Analysis

Shakespeare North Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05923469). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shakespeare North Trust reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.8m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £8,977 to £3.3m (+36584%), an average of +338% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 4002%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Shakespeare North Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Motor Museum Trust Limited (£3.2m), Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (£3.3m) and The SVH Foundation (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 26% and trading 11%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. It employed 81 people.