Cannon Charitable Trust

Analysis

Cannon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03913783). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Cannon Charitable Trust reported income of £481k and spending of £510k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £582k to £481k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 544%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cannon Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lohana Mahajan (UK) Trust (£481k), Yemeni Community Association in Sandwell Limited (£482k) and Alfurqan Community and Cultural Association (£481k).