The Broughton Trust

Analysis

The Broughton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in October 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03900840). It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Broughton Trust reported income of £550k and spending of £573k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £549k to £550k (+0.2%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Broughton Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redbridge Islamic Centre (£549k), Aldate's Community Transformation !nitiatives Ltd (£551k) and Emmanuel Baptist Church Leeds (£548k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £140k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.