The Troutsdale Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Troutsdale Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scarborough. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Troutsdale Charitable Trust reported income of £395k and spending of £279k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £53k to £395k (+648%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 672%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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 Troutsdale Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fusion-Oxford's Community Arts Agency- Limited (£394k), Broadstairs Folk Week (£395k) and The British Omani Society (£394k).