Trent Compassion Trust

Analysis

Trent Compassion Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04339357). It says it provides services, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Trent Compassion Trust reported income of £429k and spending of £383k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £304k to £429k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Trent Compassion Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homeless People and the Oxford Churches(Gatehouse) (£429k), Goods for Good (Global) (£429k) and Roman Catholic Purposes in Connexion with the Congregation of the Sisters of St Clare in Ireland (£429k).