Grayling Charitable Trust

Analysis

Grayling Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Grayling Charitable Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £48k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £163k to £50k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Grayling Charitable Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include DMW Trust (£50k), The Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust (£50k) and The Rodel Foundation (£50k).