Spar Charitable Fund

Analysis

Spar Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in March 1970, 56 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Spar Charitable Fund reported income of £122k and spending of £177k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £53k to £122k (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 158% 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, Spar Charitable Fund sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Owen Jenkins Trust (£122k), South Leeds Team Ministry Charity Limited (£123k) and The Charter 600 Charity (£122k).