The Aitken Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aitken Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Aitken Family Charitable Trust reported income of £86k and spending of £46k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £204k to £86k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 639%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Aitken Family Charitable Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Chwarae Pontarddulais (£86k), Kidbrooke Education and Cultural Centre (£86k) and The Ark Pre-School (£86k).