Colin Bennett Charitable Trust for the Homeless

Analysis

Colin Bennett Charitable Trust for the Homeless is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2026, Colin Bennett Charitable Trust for the Homeless reported income of £40k and spending of £211k, spending 527% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2022 to July 2026, income grew from £11k to £40k (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 719%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Colin Bennett Charitable Trust for the Homeless sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Honourable Ann Joliffe Charity (£40k), The Pachamama Project CIO (£40k) and Charlie Boy's Angels (£40k).