The Maltings (Berwick) Trust

Analysis

The Maltings (Berwick) Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. It was registered in May 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02332073). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Maltings (Berwick) Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.6m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Maltings (Berwick) Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Richard Stoker Trust (£1.6m), Britten Sinfonia Ltd (£1.6m) and Association of Independent Museums (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 49%, donations and legacies 28% and trading 23%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 2.9%. Reserves of £111k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 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.