Sopwell Community Trust

Analysis

Sopwell Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sopwell Community Trust reported income of £182k and spending of £60k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £182k (+905%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1617%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sopwell Community Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dursley United Charity (£182k), Resurrection Trading (£183k) and The Guardians Grow Charity (£182k).