Old Possum's Practical Trust

Analysis

Old Possum's Practical Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and animals, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Old Possum's Practical Trust reported income of £189k and spending of £473k, spending 250% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £145k to £189k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 682% 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, Old Possum's Practical 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scarabeus Theatre (£189k), Woodbridge Tide Mill Charitable Trust (£189k) and Oxfordshire Federation of Women's Institute (£189k).

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.