Equitable Charity Trust

Analysis

Equitable Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Equitable Charity Trust reported income of £367k and spending of £250k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £198k to £367k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Equitable Charity Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Emmanuel, St John the Divine and St Mary Magdalen, Billericay, and St Mary (£367k), Coventry Gospel Hall Trust (£367k) and St Albans Masorti Synagogue (£367k).