Anna Plowden Trust

Analysis

Anna Plowden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Anna Plowden Trust reported income of £63k and spending of £89k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income fell from £90k to £63k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Anna Plowden Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Ltd (£63k), Avon Beekeepers Association (£63k) and Wirral Environmental Network (£63k).