The Countess of Verulams 1988 Charity Trust

Analysis

The Countess of Verulams 1988 Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in September 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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 2026, The Countess of Verulams 1988 Charity Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £104k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £29k to £63k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 3058%. Over the whole period it spent 30% 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 Countess of Verulams 1988 Charity Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fai - Italian Heritage Trust (£63k), The Harrogate Phoenix Players (£63k) and Llantrisant Male Choir (£63k).