The Valiant Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Valiant Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2010, 16 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 April 2025, The Valiant Charitable Trust reported income of £120k and spending of £130k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £483k to £120k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 138% 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 Valiant Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Personal Assurance Charitable Trust (£120k), The Limbourne Trust (£120k) and The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Charity Trust (£120k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.