The Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Heathfield. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust reported income of £361k and spending of £62k, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £361k (+1342%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 28% 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 Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Endodontic Society (£361k), Social Action for Health (£361k) and Lambeth Accord (£361k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.