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The Potential Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 326645Berwick-Upon-TweedEducation and training
Income£16k2026-04-05
Spending£16ksame year
Spent / received116%5-year average
Size in its cause48th pctEducation and training
Registered1984Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Potential Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berwick-Upon-Tweed. It was registered in August 1984, 42 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Potential Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £12k to £16k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 520%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Potential Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Tannery Drift School (£16k), Holystone Primary School PTA (£16k) and Lechlade Library Ltd (£16k).

Income and spending

£0£19k£39k£58k£77k2022 Income: £12,0042022 Spending: £23,07620222023 Income: £12,4262023 Spending: £32,27920232024 Income: £77,0262024 Spending: £63,55920242025 Income: £17,7582025 Spending: £22,88520252026 Income: £16,2432026 Spending: £15,7762026
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Organising and facilitating Potential Conferences for educationalists and others whose work is in line with the overall aims of the Trust; funding events and projects run by other organisations where the outcomes will contribute to the aims of the Trust; funding or part-funding children to attend residential courses or other events that will contribute to meeting their specific educational needs.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Friends of Tannery Drift SchoolRoyston£16k
Holystone Primary School PTANewcastle Upon Tyne£16k
Lechlade Library LtdGloucestershire£16k
15th Walsall (2nd Brownhills) Scout GroupWalsall£16k