Bournemouth Spear Trust

Analysis

Bournemouth Spear Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in September 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bournemouth Spear Trust reported income of £89k and spending of £94k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £88k to £89k (+0.6%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bournemouth Spear Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arun Arts Company Limited (£89k), National Portage Association (£89k) and The Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Association (Sebda) (£89k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.