Minsthorpe Charitable Trust

Analysis

Minsthorpe Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pontefract. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Minsthorpe Charitable Trust reported income of £847k and spending of £585k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £394k to £847k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Minsthorpe Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University for the Creative Arts Students' Union (£847k), The Fulham Boys School Foundation CIO (£851k) and Hythe Bay Children's Centre (£846k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70% and charitable activities 30%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £507k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.