The North Wall Trust

Analysis

The North Wall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07971538). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The North Wall Trust reported income of £652k and spending of £626k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £377k to £652k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The North Wall Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tin Arts Limited (£652k), Gloucestershire Academy of Music Limited (£652k) and New London Performing Arts Centre Limited (£651k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56% and charitable activities 44%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £42k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.