The Unicorn Trust

Analysis

The Unicorn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Abingdon. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03588494). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Unicorn Trust reported income of £4.6m and spending of £4.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £4.6m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Unicorn Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Herefordshire and Worcestershire Group Training Association Limited (£4.6m), Little Bookham Manor House School (£4.6m) and Cundall Manor Limited (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.