The Renewal Trust

Analysis

The Renewal Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03345194). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Renewal Trust reported income of £428k and spending of £353k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £810k to £428k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Renewal Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Church Rugby (£428k), Roman Catholic Purposes in Connexion with the Congregation of the Sisters of St Clare in Ireland (£429k) and The Netzach Charitable Trust (£428k).