Evnia Charitable Trust

Analysis

Evnia Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05338827). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Evnia Charitable Trust reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £6.8m to £4.7m (-30%), an average of -8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Evnia Charitable Trust 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 Friends of Wiznitz Limited (£4.7m), Stonewall Equality Limited (£4.7m) and Church of God of Prophecy Trust (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 96%, investments 2.6% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 6.3% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £233k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 88 people.