Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust

Analysis

Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newton Abbot. It was registered in August 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, accommodation/housing and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust reported income of £77k and spending of £169k, spending 221% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £57k to £77k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 371%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Claude and Margaret Pike Woodlands Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eva Clare Davidson Housing Charity (£76k), Padstow Poor's Land Charities (£77k) and The Victoria Hall (£76k).

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.