The Advent Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Advent Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Advent Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £28k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £53k to £58k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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 Advent Charitable Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rowley Projects (£58k), St Martin's Social Care Project Limited (£58k) and The Barham Charitable Trust (£58k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.