The John Avins Trust

Analysis

The John Avins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Email for Correspondence Address. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The John Avins Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £63k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £45k to £57k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The John Avins Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Contact: Selsdon Churches Neighbourhood Care (£57k), The Schuster Charitable Trust (£57k) and The Rotary Club of Saffron Walden Trust Fund (£57k).

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.