Ashendene Trust

Analysis

Ashendene Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Ashendene Trust reported income of £44k and spending of £30k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £34k to £44k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ashendene Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lucy Price Relief in Need Charity (£44k), James Rao, Live Your Dream (£44k) and Mid Norfolk Foodbank (£44k).