The Coulthurst Trust

Analysis

The Coulthurst Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Burford. 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 2026, The Coulthurst Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £21k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £22k to £29k (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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 Coulthurst Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Great Bromley Village Hall (£29k), Isles of Scilly Charitable Trust comprising the Edward McDonald Fund and the Pilots Widows Fund (£29k) and Pattingham Village Hall (£29k).