Spear Islington Trust

Analysis

Spear Islington Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Spear Islington Trust reported income of £101k and spending of £157k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £136k to £101k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Spear Islington Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Kitchen (£101k), The Labour Behind the Label Trust (£101k) and Masjid Al-Furqan (£101k).