The Townsend Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Townsend Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Townsend Family Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £38k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £21k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Townsend Family Charitable Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Praa Sands and District Community Centre (£21k), Milbourn Charitable Trust (£21k) and Richmond Pensioners Social Club (£21k).