The Fairfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Fairfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in June 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Fairfield Charitable Trust reported income of £667k and spending of £487k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £393k to £667k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, The Fairfield Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society Limited (£664k), Newport {shropshire} Cottage Care Centre Trust Limited (£668k) and Power Family Charitable Trust (£663k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 23%. Grants to other organisations totalled £358k.