The Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund

Analysis

The Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £84k, spending 419% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,018 to £20k (+1877%), an average of +111% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2747%. Over the whole period it spent 843% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Polish Ex-Combatants Association in Great Britain Trust Fund sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Days' Almhouse Charity (£20k), Lighthouse Community Trust Manchester (LCT Manchester) (£20k) and African and Caribbean Women's Centre (Africab) (£20k).

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.