The Ormiston Trust

Analysis

The Ormiston Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranbrook. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09648958). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Ormiston Trust reported income of £436.9m and spending of £375.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £258.9m to £436.9m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ormiston Trust sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfam (£339.4m), The Salvation Army Social Work Trust (£239.7m) and The Archbishops' Council (£234.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, donations and legacies 18% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £555k. Reserves of £20.1m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6,196 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.