The Charities Advisory Trust

Analysis

The Charities Advisory Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02895760). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Charities Advisory Trust reported income of £349k and spending of £436k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £609k to £349k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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 Charities Advisory Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healthwatch Oxfordshire (£349k), Brixham Admiral Swim Company Ltd (£349k) and Selby Hands of Hope (£348k).

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.