The Amber Trust

Analysis

The Amber Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03117803). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Amber Trust reported income of £316k and spending of £478k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £400k to £316k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Amber Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Featherstone Rovers Foundation (£315k), Disability Arts in Shropshire (£316k) and Created: Church (£315k).

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.