Assist Trust

Analysis

Assist Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03206320). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Assist Trust reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.4m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Assist Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PRS Members' Fund (£1.4m), Birmingham Industrial Therapy Association Limited (£1.4m) and Families for Individual Needs and Dignity (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £465k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.