West Stow Saxon Village Trust

Analysis

West Stow Saxon Village Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Stow Saxon Village Trust reported income of £146k and spending of £149k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £41k to £146k (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 188%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, West Stow Saxon Village Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West End Pre-School (£146k), St Andrews Preschool Caversham (£146k) and One Tenth Human (£146k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.