The Spowers Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Spowers Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windlesham. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Spowers Charitable Trust reported income of £167k and spending of £322k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £192k to £167k (-13%), an average of -4.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Spowers Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HRH the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences (£167k), The Athelstan Nursery (£167k) and Inner Temple Benefactors Scholarship Fund (£167k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.