The Newton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Newton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Newton Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £19k (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Newton Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jessica Bethell Charitable Foundation (£19k), Village Hall (£19k) and Houghton Village Hall (£19k).

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.