The Old Enfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Old Enfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Enfield. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Old Enfield Charitable Trust reported income of £685k and spending of £618k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £504k to £685k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Old Enfield Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Estate Charity (£684k), The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (£685k) and City Church Bristol (£683k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 76% and investments 20%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £14k. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 41 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.