The Picton Castle Trust

Analysis

The Picton Castle Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haverfordwest. It was registered in January 1988, 38 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Picton Castle Trust reported income of £557k and spending of £748k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £508k to £557k (+9.6%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 135% 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 Picton Castle Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frinton Summer Theatre (£557k), Manchester Histories (£557k) and The Monmouth Savoy Trust (£556k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, investments 23%, donations and legacies 18% and trading 5.6%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 60 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

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.