The Ithaca Trust

Analysis

The Ithaca Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Ithaca Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £42k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £59k to £61k (+3.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 459%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Ithaca Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kingdom of Jesus Christ the Name Above Every Name (£61k), Shiloh United Church of Christ Apostolic Worldwide (£61k) and The Shamba Trust (£61k).