The Exemplar Trust

Analysis

The Exemplar Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06067602). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Exemplar Trust reported income of £248k and spending of £504k, spending 203% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to August 2025, income fell from £264k to £248k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, The Exemplar Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council (£246k), The Pell Charitable Trust (£249k) and Hayling Light Railway Limited (£245k).