The Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in July 2006, 20 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £38k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £197k to £51k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 34% 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 Graham and Diane Smith Charitable Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Percy Hedley 1990 Charitable Trust (£51k), Musizi Joy Foundation (£51k) and Sea Meadow Trust (£51k).