Rita and David Slowe Charitable Trust

Analysis

Rita and David Slowe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Rita and David Slowe Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £102k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £71k to £67k (-5.9%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 204% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Rita and David Slowe Charitable Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Sykes Foundation (£67k), Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation (£67k) and The Hartley Charitable Trust (£67k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.