The Imp Trust

Analysis

The Imp Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 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 October 2025, The Imp Trust reported income of £149k and spending of £153k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £54k to £149k (+175%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 411%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Imp Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Helen Roll Charity (£149k), E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement (£149k) and King Edward Hall (£149k).