The Richard Attenborough Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Richard Attenborough Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 April 2026, The Richard Attenborough Charitable Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £18k, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £21k to £57k (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income rose by 879%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Richard Attenborough Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shwachman Diamond Syndrome UK (£57k), Kirkby Stephen Youth Centre (£57k) and Mujtaba Welfare Trust (£57k).