The Keith Ewart Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Keith Ewart Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 Keith Ewart Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £19k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,615 to £13k (+412%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 266%. Over the whole period it spent 169% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Keith Ewart 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 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gwent Beekeepers CIO (£13k), The Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust (£13k) and The Friends of Saint Mary's, Lenham (£13k).

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.