The N Smith Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The N Smith Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 1978, 48 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The N Smith Charitable Settlement reported income of £140k and spending of £176k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £141k to £140k (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 N Smith Charitable Settlement 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SR & PH Southall Trust (£140k), Newhaven and Peacehaven U3a (£141k) and The Morris Charitable Trust (£139k).

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.