The Irene Newman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Irene Newman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Irene Newman Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £29k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £7,178 to £24k (+231%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Irene Newman Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Jogid Charitable Trust (£24k), Lord Phillimore's Charitable Trust (£24k) and The Blunt Trust (£24k).