The Anav Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Anav Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Anav Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £25k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,700 to £21k (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 208% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Anav Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wythall and District Young Farmers' Club (£21k), Mells Village Hall (£21k) and St Anne's Hall, Babbacombe Limited (£21k).

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.