The Ivy Child Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ivy Child Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Ivy Child Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £31k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £30k to £26k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Ivy Child Charitable Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David Telling Charitable Trust (£26k), CWM Institute Community Association (£26k) and The Whitbybird Foundation (£26k).

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.