The Late Lord Methuen's Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Late Lord Methuen's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pickwick Road. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Late Lord Methuen's Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 158% 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 Late Lord Methuen's Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Arcadians (£21k), The Cardinall's Musick Ltd (£22k) and Genesis Chorale (£21k).

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.