The Family Trust

Analysis

The Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, The Family Trust reported income of £4.8m and spending of £172k, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £14k to £4.8m (+33868%), an average of +598% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 4481%. Over the whole period it spent 3.8% 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 Family Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers UK (£4.7m), The Greg & Rosie Lock Charitable Foundation Trust (£4.8m) and LSEG Foundation (£4.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 6.6%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £168k. Reserves of £15.9m would cover about 1080 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.