The Amb Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Amb Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burton-On-Trent. It was registered in August 2012, 14 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Amb Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £168k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £500k to £1.1m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 2108%. Over the whole period it spent 38% 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 Amb Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Aisling Project (£1.1m), The KPMG Foundation (£1.1m) and The Segelman Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £168k. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 161 months of spending at that rate.