The Timothy Colman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Timothy Colman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in September 1962, 64 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 April 2025, The Timothy Colman Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £5,893, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,256 to £11k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Timothy Colman Charitable 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 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Liberty of Eye and Dundsen Poor's Land Charity (£11k), Hilton Village Hall (£11k) and Shillingford St George Village Hall (£11k).