The Bower Trust

Analysis

The Bower Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in August 1981, 45 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 Bower Trust reported income of £154k and spending of £68k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £154k (+240%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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 Bower Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jenour Foundation (£154k), The Ranworth Trust 1985 (£154k) and D C R Allen Charitable Trust (£153k).