Newent Initiative Trust

Analysis

Newent Initiative Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newent. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03709565). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Newent Initiative Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £44k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £73k to £29k (-60%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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, Newent Initiative Trust sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crowle Community Hall Otherwise Known As the Crowle Village Hall (£29k), Concept Players (£29k) and Shakespeare Live (£29k).

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.