The Southwold Trust

Analysis

The Southwold Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Southwold Trust reported income of £54k and spending of £53k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £56k to £54k (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Southwold Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Helianthus Charitable Trust (£54k), Ruislip Northwood Old Folks Association (£54k) and The M O G Charitable Trust (£54k).