The Phillipps Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Phillipps Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Phillipps Charitable Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £446k, spending 3080% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £31k to £14k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 9791%. Over the whole period it spent 190% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Phillipps Charitable Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Subulus Salaam (£14k), Gospel Assembly GMR (£14k) and The Michael Goldstone Charitable Trust (£14k).