Allington Trust

Analysis

Allington Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lewes. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10379880). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Allington Trust reported income of £70k and spending of £3.8m, spending 5459% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to March 2026, income fell from £92k to £70k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 1246% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Allington Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Vanneck Charitable Trust (£70k), The Porto Charitable Trust (£70k) and Chadwell Heath Community Centre (£70k).