The Talisman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Talisman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Talisman Charitable Trust reported income of £341k and spending of £383k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £231k to £341k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Talisman Charitable Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Membere Tsebaot Medhanealem Church (£341k), M13 Youth Project (£341k) and Nations Trust (£341k).

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.