The Avison Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Avison Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swinton. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Avison Charitable Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £27k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £15k to £20k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 592%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Avison Charitable Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sussex Theatre Organ Trust (£20k), Eastrington Agricultural Society (£20k) and Gwynedd (Caernarfon) Federation of Women's Institutes (£20k).