Hampshire Cultural Trust

Analysis

Hampshire Cultural Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08986225). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampshire Cultural Trust reported income of £9.1m and spending of £9.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £9.1m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Hampshire Cultural Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rendcomb College Foundation (£9.1m), Royal Hospital Chelsea Appeal Limited (£9.1m) and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Limited (£9.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, trading 17% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £848k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 244 people.