East Grinstead Memorial Estate Limited

Analysis

East Grinstead Memorial Estate Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00468425). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Grinstead Memorial Estate Limited reported income of £24k and spending of £37k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £22k to £24k (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 154% 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, East Grinstead Memorial Estate Limited sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Felsted Choral Society (£24k), Capel Iwan Young Farmers Club (£24k) and The Schola Cantorum of Oxford Charitable Trust (£24k).

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.