Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust

Analysis

Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust reported income of £458k and spending of £763k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £352k to £458k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust 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 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Aylesbury Youth Motor Project Limited (£458k), Balderton Pre-School (£459k) and Happy Nursery Days (Tulse Hill) Limited (£457k).