Whitstable Castle Trust

Analysis

Whitstable Castle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 06488972). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Whitstable Castle Trust reported income of £712k and spending of £711k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £408k to £712k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Whitstable Castle Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Marchus Trust (£711k), Stewarts Burnby Hall Gardens and Museum Trust CIO (£712k) and Oxford Lieder (£710k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83%, trading 15% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £117k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.