SPEAR TRUST

Registered charity 326696 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Facilities for Education Purposes

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, CHARITIES OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£25k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £374,156, which the trustees consider to be at an acceptable level for future grants. The charity reported a surplus of £15,842 for the year, increasing its accumulated fund from £358,314 to £374,156. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to manage major risks and that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2022

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2021

  • Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£25k£9k
31/05/2024£9k£16k
31/05/2023£6k£14k
31/05/2022£10k£2k
31/05/2021£40k£5k

Common questions

Is SPEAR TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £374,156, which the trustees consider to be at an acceptable level for future grants. The charity reported a surplus of £15,842 for the year, increasing its accumulated fund from £358,314 to £374,156. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to manage major risks and that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SPEAR TRUST£25k—0unclear—no doubt
SARUM HALL SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——above—no doubt
PETER STORRS TRUST FY2025£137k—0no_policy—no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
BRADOST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
S AND R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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