The Paquita Filby Trust

Analysis

The Paquita Filby Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Paquita Filby Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £46k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £22k to £51k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Paquita Filby Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Unicorn Primary School (£51k), Ardleigh Green Schools Parents Association (£51k) and The Polish Saturday School in Reading (£51k).