Fiveways School Trust

Analysis

Fiveways School Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in August 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Fiveways School Trust reported income of £43k and spending of £77k, spending 180% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £28k to £43k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 727%. Over the whole period it spent 238% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Fiveways School Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neighbourcare New Milton (£43k), Open House Shaftesbury (£43k) and Margaret Giffen Charitable Trust (£43k).

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.