Anson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Anson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aylesbury. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Anson Charitable Trust reported income of £350k and spending of £358k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £250k to £350k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Anson Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Sharedimpact (£347k), The Packard Foundation (£350k) and Ecological Restoration Fund (£345k).