Aitchison-Tait Trust

Analysis

Aitchison-Tait Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridport. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Aitchison-Tait Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £8,262 to £11k (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Aitchison-Tait Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Naturespot (£11k), Bampton Exhibition Foundation (£11k) and The Friends of Pembury Parish Church (£11k).

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.