The Payback Time Trust

Analysis

The Payback Time Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 2012, 14 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Payback Time Trust reported income of £143k and spending of £142k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £53k to £143k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Payback Time Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Nightline (£143k), Home-Start (Tamworth) (£144k) and Farm Urban (£143k).