The 3 TS Charitable Trust

Analysis

The 3 TS Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The 3 TS Charitable Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.5m (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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 3 TS Charitable Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Princess Royal Trust for Carers in Hampshire (£1.5m), Manchester Care and Repair (£1.5m) and Edge Hill Students' Union Limited (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67% and investments 33%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m.