Trace Charitable Trust

Analysis

Trace Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Trace Charitable Trust reported income of £350k and spending of £74k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £306k to £350k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Trace Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Holmfield Charitable Trust (£350k), Stop.breathe.think. (£350k) and The Basic Life Charity (£350k).

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