The Probert Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Probert Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bures. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Probert Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £41k, spending 342% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £132k to £12k (-91%), an average of -45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Probert Charitable Trust sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Park Lane Special School (£12k), Southend and District Riding Club for the Disabled (£12k) and Victorious Voice of Freedom Mission CIO (£12k).

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.