The Carrington Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Carrington Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Princes Risborough. It was registered in July 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 2026, The Carrington Charitable Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £143k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £96k to £115k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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 Carrington Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Klahr Charitable Trust (£115k), The Wyseliot Rose Charitable Trust (£115k) and The Halsall Foundation (£115k).

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.