The Ashworth Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ashworth Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 1995, 31 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Ashworth Charitable Trust reported income of £201k and spending of £259k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £180k to £201k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Ashworth Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Colt (£201k), Kentish Town Community Centre (£201k) and Global Blood Fund (Europe) (£201k).

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.