The Forrester Family Trust

Analysis

The Forrester Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Forrester Family Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.8m, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-6.2%), an average of -1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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 Forrester Family Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (£1.2m), Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering Ltd (£1.2m) and The Nfu Mutual Charitable Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.6m. Reserves of £44.7m would cover about 263 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.