The Selwood Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Selwood Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastleigh. It was registered in July 1973, 53 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Selwood Charitable Trust reported income of £192k and spending of £239k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £118k to £192k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, The Selwood Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chinese Community Wellbeing Society (£192k), Cordwainers Charitable Trust (£193k) and The Equilibrium Charitable Trust (£192k).