Thriplow Charitable Trust

Analysis

Thriplow Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Thriplow Charitable Trust reported income of £83k and spending of £252k, spending 303% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £122k to £83k (-32%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Thriplow Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Intergenerational Foundation (£83k), St Keverne Pre-School Playgroup (£83k) and Busy Bees Playgroup (Brockworth) (£83k).

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.