Colton Parish Lands Trust

Analysis

Colton Parish Lands Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in January 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Colton Parish Lands Trust reported income of £31k and spending of £25k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2024 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £31k (+19%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Colton Parish Lands Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Shrewsbury (£31k), The Isaac and Freda Frankel Memorial Charitable Trust (£31k) and Chesed Hospital Transport (£31k).