The Campden Charities Trustee

Analysis

The Campden Charities Trustee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05093340). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Campden Charities Trustee reported income of £4.4m and spending of £5.6m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.0m to £4.4m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Campden Charities Trustee sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Birmingham) UK (£4.4m), Charity of Sir Richard Whittington (£4.4m) and The Lloyd Park Children's Charity (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98% and charitable activities 2.0%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £452k. Reserves of £322k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.