Nineteen Eighty Nine Charitable Trust

Analysis

Nineteen Eighty Nine Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Amersham. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nineteen Eighty Nine Charitable Trust reported income of £3.0m and spending of £1.0m, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £27k to £3.0m (+11038%), an average of +225% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 43520%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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, Nineteen Eighty Nine Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Broomton Foundation (£3.0m), The Prudence Trust (£3.1m) and Age Concern East Sussex (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 29 months of spending at that rate.