The Phoenix Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Phoenix Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cirencester. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Phoenix Charitable Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £26k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £14k to £23k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Phoenix Charitable Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Everyone Matters (£23k), Aid2africa.co.uk (£23k) and Yate & Sodbury District University of the Third Age (£23k).