Creative Culture Trust CIO

Analysis

Creative Culture Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in April 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Creative Culture Trust CIO reported income of £51k and spending of £53k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £51k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Creative Culture Trust CIO sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Shropshire Youth Forum (£51k), Packington Memorial Hall (£51k) and Dartmouth Museum Association (£51k).