The Poynter Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Poynter Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in August 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Poynter Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £20k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £23k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Poynter Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Clewer Green School (£23k), The Woodford County High School Fund (£23k) and Hibaldstow Village Hall (£23k).