The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company

Analysis

The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 2017, 9 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 company (Companies House number 10377525). It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Sutton Hoo Ship's Company reported income of £306k and spending of £70k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £112k to £306k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 24% 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 Sutton Hoo Ship's Company sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ropewalk (Barton) Ltd (£306k), The British Association of Barbershop Singers (£306k) and Shubbak:a Window on Contemporary Arab Culture (£305k).