The Polmax Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Polmax Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 August 2025, The Polmax Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £45k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2 to £37k (+1853500%), an average of +1067% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 133950%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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 Polmax Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The G R P Charitable Trust (£37k), HHGC Charitable Trust (£37k) and Gainsborough and District Welfare Community Association Limited (£37k).