Raven Charitable Trust

Analysis

Raven Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Argyll. It was registered in April 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Raven Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £720, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £7,081 to £11k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 25% 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, Raven Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edwards Family Foundation (£11k), The Bullough Tompson Charitable Settlement (£11k) and Tamworth and District Round Table Charitable Trust Fund (£11k).