The Aqueduct Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Aqueduct Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2018, 8 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 February 2026, The Aqueduct Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £18k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £69k to £40k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Aqueduct Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheshire Asbestos Victims Support Group (£40k), The Melville Club (£40k) and The J R Asprey Family Charitable Foundation (£40k).