The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund

Analysis

The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 March 2025, The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund reported income of £846k and spending of £1.3m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £741k to £846k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Legacy of War Foundation (£846k), Alex Hogg Memorial Trust Limited (£847k) and Emdr Association (£846k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £23.2m would cover about 211 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.