Boots Charitable Trust

Analysis

Boots Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 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 company (Companies House number 03039665). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Boots Charitable Trust reported income of £553k and spending of £536k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £267k to £553k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Boots Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Highgate Newtown Community Partners (£553k), Winchester Youth Counselling (£553k) and Key Enterprises (1983) Limited (£552k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £56k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.