The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest

Analysis

The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edenbridge. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest reported income of £442k and spending of £587k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £811k to £442k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Funding Scheme (£440k), Friends of Benjamin Franklin House (£442k) and The Irene Taylor Trust (£440k).

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.