The Agatha Christie Trust for Children

Analysis

The Agatha Christie Trust for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in January 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Agatha Christie Trust for Children reported income of £52k and spending of £58k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £52k to £52k (+1.1%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 1610%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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 Agatha Christie Trust for Children sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Braithwaite Institute (£52k), The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (£52k) and Junnurain Education & Cultural Trust (£52k).

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.