The Catalyst Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Catalyst Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in February 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Catalyst Charitable Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £12k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £37k to £32k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 281%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Catalyst Charitable Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cabin Charity (£31k), The Danson Foundation (£32k) and Mary Leapman Charitable Trust (£31k).