The Newick Distress Trust

Analysis

The Newick Distress Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Newick Distress Trust reported income of £17k and spending of £8,031, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £17k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Newick Distress Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include George Savage (£17k), Durham Community Church (£17k) and Cornerstone Church Gate Hill (£17k).