The Fraxinus Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Fraxinus Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Fraxinus Charitable Trust reported income of £618k and spending of £590k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £338k to £618k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, The Fraxinus Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frazer Trust (£614k), Shine On (£619k) and Prospero World (£611k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 13%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £541k. Reserves of £65k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.