The Truan Trust

Analysis

The Truan Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Truan Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £34k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £43k to £26k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Truan Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Royal Wootton Bassett Brownies (£26k), Blackwell First School Association (£26k) and The Educational Charity of John Matthews (£26k).

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.