The 1485 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The 1485 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The 1485 Charitable Trust reported income of £319k and spending of £321k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £54k to £319k (+497%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The 1485 Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hoddesdon (Community) Society of Performing Arts Ltd. (£319k), Copeland Occupational and Social Centre (£320k) and East London School of Gymnastics Movement and Dance (£319k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.