St Albans Old People's Trust

Analysis

St Albans Old People's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Albans Old People's Trust reported income of £195k and spending of £273k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £182k to £195k (+7.4%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 160% 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, St Albans Old People's Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Spiritual Regeneration Movement of Great Britain (£195k), Elshore Limited (£195k) and Home-Start Crawley, Horsham and Mid-Sussex (£193k).

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.