The Ardwick Trust

Analysis

The Ardwick Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in February 1974, 52 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 Ardwick Trust reported income of £101k and spending of £95k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £91k to £101k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Ardwick Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pregnancy Centres Network (£101k), Moorhayes Community Association (£101k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Denys' New Sleaford (£101k).