The Forum Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Forum Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in February 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Forum Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £5,370, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £15k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Forum Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Torath Moshe Educational and Charitable Trust (£15k), The Sidney Jason Charitable Trust (£15k) and Charlton Kings Senior Citizens' Welfare Committee (£15k).