The Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

Analysis

The Fashion & Textile Children's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Fashion & Textile Children's Trust reported income of £402k and spending of £827k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £346k to £402k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 217% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Fashion & Textile Children's Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daisy's Dream (£402k), Armed Forces Para-Snowsport Team (£403k) and Standing Tall CIO (£401k).

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.