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The Arthur Townrow Pensions Fund

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 252256DerbyshireOther charitable purposes
Income£133k2025-03-31
Spending£155ksame year
Spent / received109%5-year average
Size in its cause83rd pctOther charitable purposes
Registered1967Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Arthur Townrow Pensions Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in May 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Arthur Townrow Pensions Fund reported income of £133k and spending of £155k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £121k to £133k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Arthur Townrow Pensions Fund sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RAF Marham Officers' Mess (£133k), Dementia Friendly Hampshire (£134k) and Clevedon and District Foodbank CIO (£133k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£42k£84k£126k£169k2021 Income: £120,9432021 Spending: £146,74720212022 Income: £168,6152022 Spending: £152,01220222023 Income: £147,2702023 Spending: £155,29120232024 Income: £136,5082024 Spending: £158,84720242025 Income: £133,4432025 Spending: £154,7842025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provides pensions to widows and spinsters living in Chesterfield and spinsters living out of the area who are dependent on State benefits or who only have a small income.

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RAF Marham Officers' MessKing's Lynn£133k
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Clevedon and District Foodbank CIOClevedon£133k
The Cholsey Day Centre TrustWallingford£134k