Springwater Trust

Analysis

Springwater Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in March 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Springwater Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £18k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £30k to £23k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Springwater Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pyfoundation (£23k), Varteg Community Association (£23k) and 2nd Easthampstead Scout Group (£23k).