The Thomas Rawcliffe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Thomas Rawcliffe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Thomas Rawcliffe Charitable Trust reported income of £270k and spending of £77k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £270k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 15% 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 Thomas Rawcliffe Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dorchester Keep Military Museum Trust (£270k), The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (£271k) and Montage Theatre Arts (£270k).