The Trinity Challenge

Analysis

The Trinity Challenge is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in October 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12756885). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Trinity Challenge reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £7.7m to £1.8m (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 934%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Trinity Challenge sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Age Concern Hampshire (£1.8m), Inspire Suffolk Ltd (£1.8m) and Home of Comfort (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £362k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 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.