Power to Change Trust

Analysis

Power to Change Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Power to Change Trust reported income of £938k and spending of £3.1m, spending 331% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.7m to £938k (-84%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 188% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Power to Change Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust (£936k), Food Redistribution Wales Ltd (£938k) and The Boaz Trust (£934k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 48%, investments 3.1% and charitable activities 2.1%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £355k. Reserves of £10.2m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

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.