The Colossi Trust

Analysis

The Colossi Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Colossi Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £2,298, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1 to £12k (+1159600%), an average of +938% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 5000100%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Colossi Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull Optimists (£12k), A E Yates Group Charitable Trust (£12k) and Addenbrooke,nash and Winnington United Charity (£12k).