Strand Community Trust

Analysis

Strand Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06559331). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Strand Community Trust reported income of £163k and spending of £184k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £163k (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Strand Community Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orinoco - the Oxfordshire Scrapstore (£162k), The Habib University Trust (£163k) and Golden-Oldies (£162k).

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.