The James Grace Trust

Analysis

The James Grace Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. 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 June 2025, The James Grace Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £157k, spending 218% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £111k to £72k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The James Grace Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sedgemoor Community Partnership (£72k), Friends of Sir Charles Parsons School (£72k) and Inspire Hounslow (£72k).

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.