The Cedarwood Trust

Analysis

The Cedarwood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Tyneside. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04855747). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Cedarwood Trust reported income of £503k and spending of £564k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £811k to £503k (-38%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Cedarwood Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Jubilee Christian Centre Wolverhampton (£502k), Sheffield Church of the Nazarene (£503k) and Friends of Ibba Girls School, South Sudan (£502k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 76%, trading 14% and donations and legacies 4.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £36k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.