The Thornton Trust

Analysis

The Thornton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertford. It was registered in May 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Thornton Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £116k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £63k to £53k (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Thornton Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newham Islamic Cultural Association (£53k), Islamic Society of Darlington (£53k) and The Plain Truth (£53k).

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.