The Edward Smart Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Edward Smart Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Edward Smart Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £33k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £35k to £39k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Edward Smart Charitable Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Noor International Trust (£39k), Helping Hands Mission Against Poverty (£39k) and The Shekinah Legacy (£39k).