Parchment Trust

Analysis

Parchment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03920430). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parchment Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £2.6m (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Parchment Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Christophers (Glossop) Limited (£2.6m), Norwich Consolidated Charities (£2.6m) and Stroud & District Homes Foundation Limited (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £898k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 128 people.