The Relief Trust

Analysis

The Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 2000, 26 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 April 2025, The Relief Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £7,760, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £84 to £39k (+46462%), an average of +364% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 54781%. Over the whole period it spent 26% 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 Relief Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cononley Village Institute (£39k), The Langtree Trust (£39k) and The Elliott Simmons Charitable Trust (£39k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.