Woodthorpe Development Trust

Analysis

Woodthorpe Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04133681). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Woodthorpe Development Trust reported income of £307k and spending of £274k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £330k to £307k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Woodthorpe Development Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moorlands Home Link (£306k), Poetic Unity (£307k) and Dreamsai Milton Keynes (£306k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.