The Griffin Community Trust

Analysis

The Griffin Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02572039). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Griffin Community Trust reported income of £152k and spending of £148k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £120k to £152k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Griffin Community Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Littleport Town Lands Charity (£152k), Hospital of William Browne, Merchant (£152k) and The Church and Poor Lands in the Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Devizes (£152k).