The Pad Vernon Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pad Vernon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Pad Vernon Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £182k, spending 1573% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £168k to £12k (-93%), an average of -49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 1220%. Over the whole period it spent 161% 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 Pad Vernon Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Turweston Village Hall (£12k), The Saint Aldhelm Lodge No 2888 Benevolent Fund (£12k) and The Spire Foundation (£12k).