Avocet Trust

Analysis

Avocet Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02647631). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Avocet Trust reported income of £8.0m and spending of £8.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.4m to £8.0m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Avocet Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Action Northwest (£8.0m), Jewish Blind & Physically Handicapped Society Limited (£8.1m) and The Susanna Initiative (£7.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 284 people.