Hylton Castle Trust

Analysis

Hylton Castle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10870254). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hylton Castle Trust reported income of £280k and spending of £282k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £80k to £280k (+250%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Hylton Castle 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 Horse and Bamboo Theatre (£280k), Coda Dance Company (£280k) and Yorkshire Youth and Music Limited (£280k).