The Sheepdrove Trust

Analysis

The Sheepdrove Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hungerford. It was registered in October 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 Sheepdrove Trust reported income of £200k and spending of £845k, spending 422% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £176 to £200k (+113596%), an average of +481% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55298%. Over the whole period it spent 1102% 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 Sheepdrove Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Oriel Myrddin (£200k), Westminster Arts (£200k) and Multicultural Cumbria (£200k).

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.