Christopher Mark Fenwick Charitable Trust

Analysis

Christopher Mark Fenwick Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in October 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Christopher Mark Fenwick Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £61k, spending 568% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2024 to April 2026, income grew from £1,974 to £11k (+443%), an average of +133% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 444%. Over the whole period it spent 1949% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Christopher Mark Fenwick Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Watcombe Community Association (£11k), Wilton Mens Shed (£11k) and Faversham and District U3a (£11k).

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.