The Pamela Cordelia Smith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Pamela Cordelia Smith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 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 September 2025, The Pamela Cordelia Smith Charitable Trust reported income of £47k and spending of £26k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,667 to £47k (+607%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 220%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Pamela Cordelia Smith Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Darlington Rotary Club Charitable Trust (£47k), The Mr and Mrs Philip Rackham Charitable Trust (£47k) and North Wraxall Village Hall (£47k).