The Thomas Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Thomas Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in September 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Thomas Family Charitable Trust reported income of £946k and spending of £50k, leaving 95% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £946k (+2003%), an average of +114% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 2774%. Over the whole period it spent 12% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Thomas Family Charitable Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Essex (£932k), Lord Leverhulme's Charitable Trust (£965k) and Building Resilience In Communities (£931k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and investments 10%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £47k. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 673 months of spending at that rate.