The Relithan Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Relithan Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2011, 15 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Relithan Charitable Trust reported income of £506k and spending of £515k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £525k to £506k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 610%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Relithan Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joseph Charitable Trust (£505k), Gift Grow Good (£508k) and The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust (£503k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 17%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £480k. Reserves of £57k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.

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.