Nichols Charitable Trust

Analysis

Nichols Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Nichols Charitable Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £14k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £18k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nichols Charitable Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Halesowen Asian Elderly Association (£18k), Ambulance Responder Team (£18k) and The Taunton Aid in Sickness Fund (£18k).