Royal Court Liverpool Trust Limited

Analysis

Royal Court Liverpool Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in April 2009, 17 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 05988546). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Court Liverpool Trust Limited reported income of £472k and spending of £903k, spending 191% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £472k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, Royal Court Liverpool Trust Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cogges Heritage Trust (£471k), Youth Leads UK (£472k) and Polish Scouting Association (UK Region) Limited (£471k).

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.