Greatwood Charity Limited

Analysis

Greatwood Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marlborough. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05903838). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Greatwood Charity Limited reported income of £851k and spending of £654k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £701k to £851k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Greatwood Charity Limited sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Recycling Ollerton and Boughton (£850k), Disability Initiative (£851k) and London Youth Rowing Ltd (£850k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, charitable activities 22%, investments 2.2% and trading 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £486k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 8.4%. Reserves of £454k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.