Five Trees Community Trust

Analysis

Five Trees Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Five Trees Community Trust reported income of £258k and spending of £229k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £48k to £258k (+443%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Five Trees Community Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start in Waverley (£258k), Camden Volunteer Bureau (£261k) and Pentredwr and District Community Association (£256k).