The Resolution Trust

Analysis

The Resolution Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training 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, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Resolution Trust reported income of £842k and spending of £2.6m, spending 310% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £665k to £842k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 704% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Resolution Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prison Fellowship (£841k), Haringey Law Centre (£842k) and Gan Menachem Hendon Limited (£841k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 89%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £38.0m would cover about 169 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 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.