C3 Trust UK

Analysis

C3 Trust UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05999100). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, C3 Trust UK reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.5m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, C3 Trust UK sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Meadowhall Education Centre (£1.5m), Construction Industry Relief, Assistance and Support for the Homeless and Hospices Limited (£1.5m) and Bristol Law Centre (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63%, charitable activities 25% and trading 9.5%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.8%. Reserves of £48k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 48 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.