Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable Trust

Analysis

Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Yarmouth. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable Trust reported income of £281k and spending of £180k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £281k (+147%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Shrublands Youth and Adult Centre Charitable 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 Wokingham Theatre (£281k), Haslemere Educational Museum (£282k) and New Cut Arts (£281k).