Bawdsey Radar Trust

Analysis

Bawdsey Radar Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06474550). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bawdsey Radar Trust reported income of £73k and spending of £84k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £88k to £73k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 131% 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, Bawdsey Radar Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arnside Educational Institute (£73k), Kent Cricket Heritage Trust (£73k) and The Poetry Archive (£73k).

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.