Q Charitable Trust

Analysis

Q Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Q Charitable Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £3.1m, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.9m (-4.9%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 147%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Q Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richmond Borough Mind (£1.9m), St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland (£1.9m) and The Cleft Lip and Palate Association (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 30%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.8m.