The Three Guineas Trust

Analysis

The Three Guineas Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Three Guineas Trust reported income of £4.4m and spending of £3.9m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £4.4m (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 1320%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Three Guineas Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Liverpool Limited (£4.3m), Business Disability Forum (£4.4m) and Polesworth Group Homes Limited (£4.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.5m. It employed 6 people.