Northwest Relief Trust

Analysis

Northwest Relief Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Northwest Relief Trust reported income of £134k and spending of £123k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £133k to £134k (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northwest Relief Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Patiko Baker's Fort Project (£134k), Full Circle Fund Therapies (£134k) and Jet Singh Trust (£134k).