Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust

Analysis

Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, 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.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £357k to £1.5m (+315%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Acosta Dance Foundation Ltd (£1.5m), Pembroke Castle Trust (£1.5m) and Chineke Foundation (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 64% and donations and legacies 36%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. It employed 24 people.