SPUD

Registered charity 1160358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

In modern life there is an emerging awareness of our inter-connection - with each other, with the places we inhabit, with the wider environment. The organisation aims to give people experiences that develop awareness of such inter-connections.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£271k
Latest spending
£293k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £92,451, which exceeds the trustees' newly assessed policy target of approximately £74,500 (equivalent to six months of core operating expenditure). Although total income remained stable at £270,980, total expenditure increased to £293,434, resulting in a net decrease in total funds for the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable Activities (74% of income)
“Charitable Activities 74%”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Maddison Collymore provided consultancy services.
“Maddison Collymore provided consultancy services to the charity for £120 (2024 £70). All transactions were at market rate and arm’s length.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: New chair appointed and trustee turnover during the year.
“A new chair was appointed 31st March 2025. Three Trustees completed their terms and stood down. Four new Trustees were appointed during the year”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£271k£293k
31/12/2024£270k£270k
31/12/2023£279k£238k
31/12/2022£169k£163k
31/12/2021£174k£166k

Common questions

Is SPUD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £92,451, which exceeds the trustees' newly assessed policy target of approximately £74,500 (equivalent to six months of core operating expenditure). Although total income remained stable at £270,980, total expenditure increased to £293,434, resulting in a net decrease in total funds for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SPUD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SPUD as a grant recipient include THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2025£19kThe Living Room
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2017£8k"ArtSway Renaissance"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/06/2016£48k"Buckland Rings Iron Age Hill Fort - Access and Interpretation Project"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPUD£271k—0unclear—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
SCRIPTURE UNION INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FY2025£879k£70,001 - £80,000—within—no doubt
SPURGEONS FY2025£12.6m——unclear—no doubt
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK FY2025£7.4m——unclear—no doubt
PERSPECTIVES ON SYSTEMS, SOULS AND SOCIETY FY2024£296k——within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.