The Compass Travel Trust Limited

Analysis

The Compass Travel Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05113884). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Compass Travel Trust Limited reported income of £41k and spending of £35k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £41k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Compass Travel Trust Limited sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northumberland Mark Benevolent Fund (£41k), South West Herts Samaritans (£41k) and Elh Charitable Trust (£41k).