Chelmsford Cultural Development Trust

Analysis

Chelmsford Cultural Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10894512). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chelmsford Cultural Development Trust reported income of £276k and spending of £159k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £276k (+540%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 334%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Chelmsford Cultural Development 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Museum of Cambridge (£276k), Turf Projects (£277k) and The Royal Signals Museum (£276k).