The Spencer Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Spencer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Spencer Charitable Trust reported income of £205k and spending of £191k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £54k to £205k (+280%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Spencer Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Esher House Charitable Trust (£205k), The Cirsium Trust (£206k) and The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust (£205k).