Citycoast Trust

Analysis

Citycoast Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05517061). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citycoast Trust reported income of £467k and spending of £420k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £477k to £467k (-2.1%), an average of -0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citycoast Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peace Matters (£467k), The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys (£467k) and Guru Nanak Gurdwara (£467k).