The Poland Trust

Analysis

The Poland Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Poland Trust reported income of £282k and spending of £275k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £75k to £282k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 1096%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Poland Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hospital of St John the Baptist (£281k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Good Shepherd, Ashton-Under-Lyne (£282k) and House on the Rock International Church (Bermondsey) (£281k).