James Tuttiett Charitable Trust

Analysis

James Tuttiett Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, James Tuttiett Charitable Trust reported income of £548k and spending of £98k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £586k to £548k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, James Tuttiett Charitable Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Matrix Trust (£547k), Keren Hayeled Charitable Trust (£548k) and Huddersfield Mission (£547k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £79k. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 623 months of spending at that rate.