The Coltstaple Trust

Analysis

The Coltstaple Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Coltstaple Trust reported income of £951k and spending of £1.0m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £743k to £951k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Coltstaple Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Emmaus Mossley (£950k), Esha' Atul Islam (£951k) and Community Ventures (Middlesbrough) Ltd (£949k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate.