The Tudor Trust

Analysis

The Tudor Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05196041). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Tudor Trust reported income of £8.5m and spending of £12.5m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £8.5m (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 344% 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 Tudor Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tolkien Trust (£8.1m), The Neighbourly Foundation (£8.6m) and Issa Foundation (£8.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10.1m. Reserves of £226k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.