THE SEACHANGE TRUST

Registered charity 1063853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEACHANGE ARTS

To advance the education of the public in the arts.To educate and train young people and adults in work and life skills likely to enable them subsequently to find satisfactory employment.Provision of facilities for cultural activity in the interests of social welfare of the inhabitants of Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas.

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Sexty & Co, who expressed an opinion on the financial statements. The auditors noted that future events may cause the charitable company to cease to continue as a going concern, but did not identify a material uncertainty. No specific financial health metrics or reserves figures are disclosed in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sexty & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £214k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£270k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.8m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.4m
31/03/2021£726k£548k

Common questions

Is THE SEACHANGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Sexty & Co, who expressed an opinion on the financial statements. The auditors noted that future events may cause the charitable company to cease to continue as a going concern, but did not identify a material uncertainty. No specific financial health metrics or reserves figures are disclosed in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sexty & Co.

Who funds THE SEACHANGE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SEACHANGE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUNDFY2022£110kTransformational Capital Grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2024£12kOut There Arts - The Drill House Essential Repairs
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/09/2023£2.0m"The Ice House"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/09/2022£76k"The Ice House"
The National Lottery Community Fund12/10/2021£85kStronger Connected Communities SCC
UK government01/04/2020£18kGreat Yarmouth High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
UK government01/04/2020£30kGreat Yarmouth High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
UK government01/04/2020£36kGreat Yarmouth High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
UK government01/04/2020£36kGreat Yarmouth High Streets Cultural Programme - Main Grant
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/08/2018£49k"Roll up! Roll up! A celebration of Circus in Great Yarmouth"
The National Lottery Community Fund31/05/2018£10kCommunity Animators
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch12/03/2018£5kThe Seachange Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/06/2017£49k"Great Yarmouth Drill House – Celebrating 150 Years"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/05/2010£25k"Bread & Circuses"
The National Lottery Community Fund13/12/2006£150kMake It Happen
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/11/2004£25k"Intangible Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/07/2003£21k"Changing Places"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHELTENHAM TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SEACHANGE TRUST£2.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE CHELTENHAM TRUST FY2025£8.3m—0unclear—no doubt
CHELTENHAM COLLEGE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HALL FOR CORNWALL TRUST FY2025£10.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK SOUTH EAST REGION LIMITED FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (CHELTENHAM) TRUST LIMITED FY2025£5.4m——below—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.