The Polo Charity Trust

Analysis

The Polo Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kidlington. It was registered in December 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Polo Charity Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £52k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £58k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 127% 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 Polo Charity Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust (£58k), Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust (£58k) and The British Fire Services Association (£58k).