Vernon Charitable Trust

Analysis

Vernon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in April 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, 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 2026, Vernon Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £9,800, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £9,233 to £12k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vernon Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clevedon Care (£12k), The Mark Ridgwell Leukaemia Trust (£12k) and The Berks Clergy Charity (£12k).