The Pinching Family Trust

Analysis

The Pinching Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in July 2014, 12 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 April 2025, The Pinching Family Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £15k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £155k to £64k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1738%. Over the whole period it spent 16% 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 Pinching Family Trust sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 Garstang Town Trust (£64k), The LHR Charitable Foundation (£64k) and The Shackleton Foundation (£64k).