The Avenues Trust Group

Analysis

The Avenues Trust Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidcup. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03804617). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Avenues Trust Group reported income of £67.2m and spending of £67.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £46.7m to £67.2m (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Avenues Trust Group sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Livability (£66.4m), The Grace Trust (£68.2m) and World Vision UK (£66.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. It employed 1,945 people.