The Speranza Trust

Analysis

The Speranza Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Speranza Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £60k, spending 498% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,614 to £12k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 332% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Speranza Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ayscough Court (£12k), Tzedakah (£12k) and The Dedat-Pandor Foundation (£12k).

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.