Trauma Aid UK

Analysis

Trauma Aid UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Trauma Aid UK reported income of £17k and spending of £29k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £41k to £17k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Trauma Aid UK sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My New Hair (£17k), Noah's Big Charity (£17k) and Doncaster and District Deaf Society (£17k).