Bowyers Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bowyers Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bowyers Charitable Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £72k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £36k to £47k (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bowyers Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dementia Sings Out (£47k), Medway Parents and Carers Forum (£47k) and Brightest Stars (£47k).

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.