The Knoll Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Knoll Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ripon. It was registered in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Knoll Charitable Trust reported income of £118k and spending of £79k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £251k to £118k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Knoll Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Douglas Prestwich Charitable Trust (£118k), The Butterfield Centre Limited (£118k) and The Henry Allen Trust (£118k).