Fitton Trust

Analysis

Fitton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockport. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Fitton Trust reported income of £100k and spending of £153k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £77k to £100k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, Fitton Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The C J M Charitable Trust (£100k), The Wogen Anniversary Trust (£100k) and The Criseren Foundation (£100k).

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.