The Caron Trust

Analysis

The Caron Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Caron Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £76k, spending 729% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £19k to £10k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 879% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Caron Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bond Williams Charitable Trust (£10k), King George V Memorial Hall (£11k) and Longlevens Village Hall (£10k).

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.