The Phoenix Cottage Trust

Analysis

The Phoenix Cottage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2009, 17 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 2026, The Phoenix Cottage Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £8,249, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6,892 to £18k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Phoenix Cottage Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Queen Victoria and Johnson Memorial Trust (£18k), The Seguin Fides Charitable Trust (£18k) and Gambian Projects Overseas (£18k).