The Parham Park Trust (1984)

Analysis

The Parham Park Trust (1984) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 Parham Park Trust (1984) reported income of £983k and spending of £1.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £636k to £983k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Parham Park Trust (1984) sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dickens House and the Dickens House Fund (£982k), Proper Job Theatre Company (£985k) and The Handel House Trust Limited (£982k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 43%. Grants to other organisations totalled £544k. Reserves of £35.9m would cover about 410 months of spending at that rate.

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.