The Abcd Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Abcd Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Abcd Charitable Trust reported income of £794k and spending of £1.1m, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £51k to £794k (+1444%), an average of +98% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 2871%. Over the whole period it spent 544% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Abcd Charitable Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living Limited (£790k), Band of Builders (£794k) and Dawlish Gardens Trust (£788k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £608k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.