Ford Britain Trust

Analysis

Ford Britain Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ford Britain Trust reported income of £128k and spending of £160k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £257k to £128k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Ford Britain Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bain Charitable Trust (£128k), The Kip and Alison Bertram Charitable Trust (£128k) and The Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund (£127k).

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.