Connections Trust

Analysis

Connections Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05698284). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Connections Trust reported income of £116k and spending of £98k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £127k to £116k (-8.2%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 22%. 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, Connections 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 Halesworth Dementia Carers Fund (£116k), The Amelia-Mae Foundation (£116k) and Nightingales Childrens Project (£116k).