The Thorpe and Simon Trust

Analysis

The Thorpe and Simon Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Thorpe and Simon Trust reported income of £68k and spending of £19k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £12k to £68k (+460%), an average of +54% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 339%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Thorpe and Simon Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope in Burundi (£68k), The Redeemed Christian Church of God Ark of God Parish (£68k) and Mount of Olives, Coleford (£68k).