The Abe and Ciss Ball Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Abe and Ciss Ball Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nuneaton. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Abe and Ciss Ball Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £34k, spending 294% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £5,027 to £12k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Abe and Ciss Ball Charitable 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Canary Wharf College East Ferry (£12k), Wembley Lions Club (CIO) (£12k) and Ilminster & District Lions Club (CIO) (£12k).

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.