The Patterson Family Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Patterson Family Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2023, 3 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 January 2026, The Patterson Family Charitable Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £30k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from January 2024 to January 2026, income grew from £16k to £33k (+105%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2026, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Patterson Family Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hapstead Hall (£33k), CWM and Llantwit Welfare Scheme (£33k) and The Maurice Henry Roe Charitable Trust (£33k).