Fenwick Charitable Trust

Analysis

Fenwick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 March 2025, Fenwick Charitable Trust reported income of £388k and spending of £567k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £227k to £388k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 119% 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, Fenwick Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Friends of Yale University Limited (£388k), International Friends of the International Lyric Art Festival (£388k) and Phoenix Theatre (Blyth) (£387k).