The Fredmill Trust

Analysis

The Fredmill Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Fredmill Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £131k, spending 615% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,289 to £21k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1605%. Over the whole period it spent 28% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Fredmill Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henry Rogers Almshouse Charity (£21k), Holderness Community Church (£21k) and Western Sahara Support Group (£21k).