Stroud Subscription Rooms Trust

Analysis

Stroud Subscription Rooms Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in October 2018, 8 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 provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stroud Subscription Rooms Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £396k to £1.4m (+254%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Stroud Subscription Rooms 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 The Theatres Trust Charitable Fund (£1.4m), Young Roots (£1.4m) and Chichester Cathedral Restoration and Development Trust CIO (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87% and donations and legacies 13%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £163k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.