The Findings Trust

Analysis

The Findings Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Findings Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £14k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,649 to £20k (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Findings Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of St Neots Benevolent Fund (£20k), Imam Mahdi (A.s) Association- Wolverhampton (£21k) and The Volunteer Zambia Foundation (£20k).