The Vindolanda Trust

Analysis

The Vindolanda Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 09182268). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Vindolanda Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.9m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Vindolanda Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Centre for Circus Arts (£2.9m), Trinity Community Arts (£2.9m) and Aish Hatorah UK Limited (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 39%, donations and legacies 30%, trading 27% and investments 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £187k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 12%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 people.