The Ajs Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Ajs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tunbridge Wells. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ajs Charitable Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £86k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,417 to £157k (+1571%), an average of +102% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2604%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Ajs Charitable 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 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Martin Charitable Trust (£157k), Cecil and Hilda Lewis Charitable Trust (£158k) and The Reta Lila Howard Foundation (£157k).