Colwinston Charitable Trust

Analysis

Colwinston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1995, 31 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 March 2025, Colwinston Charitable Trust reported income of £1.3m and spending of £999k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,863 to £1.3m (+26889%), an average of +305% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 8962%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Colwinston Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cockpit Arts (£1.3m), The Wow Foundation (£1.3m) and Arts at the Old Fire Station (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £923k. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 23 months of spending at that rate.