The Scarfe Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Scarfe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in June 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Scarfe Charitable Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £72k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £44k to £61k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Scarfe Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crowle Parish Hall and Recreation Trust (£61k), Abberton and Langenhoe Community Association (£61k) and Alkrington Community Association (£61k).

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.