Aston - Mansfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

Aston - Mansfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00247685). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Aston - Mansfield Charitable Trust reported income of £897k and spending of £921k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £436k to £897k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Aston - Mansfield Charitable Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sailors' Children's Society (£896k), Festival of Life (£897k) and African Wildlife Foundation (£894k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 31% and charitable activities 31%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £665k. Reserves of £16.4m would cover about 211 months of spending at that rate.