BW Eddershaw Charitable Trust

Analysis

BW Eddershaw Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redcar. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, BW Eddershaw Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £589, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £27k to £10k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 29% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, BW Eddershaw Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Catherines Church (£10k), Shropshire Archaeological Society (£10k) and Dream for Trees (£10k).