Pow Thanet

Analysis

Pow Thanet is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Pow Thanet reported income of £105k and spending of £121k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £99k to £105k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Pow Thanet sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Opera Trust CIO (£104k), Collaborative Schools Ltd (£105k) and Coffee Concerts Trust (£104k).