Building Trust International

Analysis

Building Trust International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Building Trust International reported income of £176k and spending of £150k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £46k to £176k (+285%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Building Trust International sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Muslim Council (£176k), Light Church (£178k) and The Aenon Trust (£173k).