Parker Trust

Analysis

Parker Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Parker Trust reported income of £101k and spending of £122k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £101k (+263%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Parker Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New London Educational Trust (£101k), Picket Twenty Community Association (£102k) and Cornerstone Community Centre (Hove) (£100k).