Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust

Analysis

Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tiverton. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust reported income of £458k and spending of £586k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £381k to £458k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hornsey Lane Estate Community Association Limited (£458k), Seaquins (Westcliff) (£458k) and Mosaic Church Partnership (£457k).