The Tern Trust

Analysis

The Tern Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in November 2019, 7 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 April 2025, The Tern Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £46k, spending 176% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £714k to £26k (-96%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 16% 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 Tern 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 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CWM Institute Community Association (£26k), Rudbaxton Community Association, Crundale (£26k) and The Ivy Child Charitable Trust (£26k).