The Fred Towler Charity Trust

Analysis

The Fred Towler Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Fred Towler Charity Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £61k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £293k to £41k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 52% 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 Fred Towler Charity Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Wales Police Youth Trust (£41k), Sykehouse Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£41k) and The Bollin School Parent Teacher Association (£41k).

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.