The Purey Cust Trust CIO

Analysis

The Purey Cust Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Purey Cust Trust CIO reported income of £70k and spending of £101k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £72k to £70k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 208% 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 Purey Cust Trust CIO sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hunterian Society (£70k), New Covenant International Ministries Cherubim and Seraphim (£70k) and Sahara Means Support (£70k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.