The Broderer's Charity Trust

Analysis

The Broderer's Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Trowbridge. It was registered in March 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Broderer's Charity Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £64k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £75k to £76k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, The Broderer's Charity Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre Stage London (£76k), Church Stretton and South Shropshire Arts Festival (£76k) and The Grimshaw Arts and Architecture Foundation (£75k).