Aylsham and District Care Trust

Analysis

Aylsham and District Care Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Aylsham and District Care Trust reported income of £563k and spending of £687k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £220k to £563k (+156%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Aylsham and District Care Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Topcats (£563k), Artizan International (£563k) and Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Limited (£562k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59% and donations and legacies 40%. Charitable activities took 68% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Reserves of £113k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 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.