The Ian Fleming Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Ian Fleming Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Smeeth. It was registered in January 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 March 2026, The Ian Fleming Charitable Trust reported income of £218k and spending of £222k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £46k to £218k (+371%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1963%. 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 Ian Fleming Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kidneys for Life (£218k), Dance Action Zone Leeds / Dazl (£218k) and Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund (£218k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
1) Donations to national charities in the field of support, relief and welfare of disabled or handicapped people, or those otherwise in need of help. Charities involved in research on human diseases and particularly their cause and prevention.2) Music and Theatre Awards under a scheme adminstered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, post graduate study only.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Kidneys for Life | Manchester | £218k |
| Dance Action Zone Leeds / Dazl | Leeds | £218k |
| Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund | Newcastle upon Tyne | £218k |
| Satmar Torah Trust Ltd | Salford | £218k |