The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust reported income of £330k and spending of £576k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £198k to £330k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 196% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Frieda Scott Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Promise Dreams (£327k), Inspire Youth Yorkshire (£331k) and Bulldogs Boxing & Community Activities (£325k).

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.