The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in October 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £34k, spending 324% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,739 to £11k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Penelope and Oliver Makower 1974 Charitable Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Musicians of All Saints (£11k), Rose Theatre Trust (£11k) and Drighlington Band (£11k).