Big Change Charitable Trust

Analysis

Big Change Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07679479). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Big Change Charitable Trust reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.2m (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Big Change Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumberland and Westmorland Convalescent Institution (£2.2m), Cheshire Community Foundation Limited (£2.3m) and The Henry Lonsdale Trust (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 32% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.