The Vanessa Grant Trust

Analysis

The Vanessa Grant Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Vanessa Grant Trust reported income of £217k and spending of £226k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £243k to £217k (-11%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Vanessa Grant Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croxteth Gems Community Association (£217k), Nida Community Services UK (£217k) and Dial - GT Yarmouth (£217k).

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.