Great Barton Thanksgiving Fund

Analysis

Great Barton Thanksgiving Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in September 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Great Barton Thanksgiving Fund reported income of £32k and spending of £28k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £26k to £32k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Great Barton Thanksgiving Fund sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull Independent Cinema Project (£32k), Kingsley Community Association (£32k) and The Polish Community School Portsmouth (£32k).