Stradbroke Courthouse and Library Trust

Analysis

Stradbroke Courthouse and Library Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stradbroke Courthouse and Library Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £9,672, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,893 to £14k (+395%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 362%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Stradbroke Courthouse and Library Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westmorland Red Squirrel Society (£14k), Child Okeford Village Hall (£14k) and Thatcham University of the Third Age (£14k).