The Alborada Trust

Analysis

The Alborada Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newmarket. It was registered in April 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and animals, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Alborada Trust reported income of £735k and spending of £4.9m, spending 660% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £25.1m to £735k (-97%), an average of -59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 402%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Alborada Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Life Church, Teesside (£735k), Salem International Christian Centre (£736k) and Surrey Lifelong Learning Partnership (£735k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.7m. Reserves of £910k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.