Onca Trust Limited

Analysis

Onca Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in January 2013, 13 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 08220691). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Onca Trust Limited reported income of £215k and spending of £247k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £206k to £215k (+4.6%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Onca Trust Limited sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Playing on CIO (£215k), Norwich Printing Museum (£215k) and The Weeting Steam Engine Rally (£215k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.