Smallwood Trust

Analysis

Smallwood Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Malvern. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Smallwood Trust reported income of £2.8m and spending of £4.4m, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.8m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Smallwood Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aspire Oxfordshire Community Enterprise Limited (£2.8m), East End Community Foundation (£2.8m) and Lehachzikom UK (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 27%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. It employed 12 people.

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.