Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust

Analysis

Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £15k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £19k to £25k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 1008%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Paulson-Ellis Charitable Trust (£25k), Wheel of Hope Charitable Trust UK (£25k) and Abbey Chapel (£25k).