The Alexander and Caroline Simmons Trust

Analysis

The Alexander and Caroline Simmons Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Alexander and Caroline Simmons Trust reported income of £93k and spending of £102k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £72k to £93k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Alexander and Caroline Simmons Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florence Ellison Trust (£93k), The Spon Lane Trust Almshouses (£93k) and Trinity Hospital (£93k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.